alectoris graeca

1. 1.

   of mountainous areas of southern Europe

   SynonymsGreek partridgerock partridge

   Broaderpartridge

   Part ofAlectoris

Questions about alectoris graeca

What does alectoris graeca mean?

alectoris graeca means "of mountainous areas of southern Europe".

What is another word for alectoris graeca?

Close synonyms include Greek partridge, rock partridge. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is alectoris graeca a common word?

alectoris graeca is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.