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mitchell
(encz) | Mitchell,Mitchell n: [jmén.] příjmení, okres v USA, ženské křestní
jméno, mužské křestní jméno Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
mitchell
(czen) | Mitchell,Mitchelln: [jmén.] příjmení, okres v USA, ženské křestní jméno,
mužské křestní jméno Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
mitchell
(wn) | Mitchell
n 1: English aeronautical engineer (1895-1937) [syn: Mitchell,
R. J. Mitchell, Reginald Joseph Mitchell]
2: United States aviator and general who was an early advocate
of military air power (1879-1936) [syn: Mitchell, {William
Mitchell}, Billy Mitchell]
3: United States astronomer who studied sunspots and nebulae
(1818-1889) [syn: Mitchell, Maria Mitchell]
4: United States writer noted for her novel about the South
during the American Civil War (1900-1949) [syn: Mitchell,
Margaret Mitchell, Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell]
5: United States labor leader; president of the United Mine
Workers of America from 1898 to 1908 (1870-1919) [syn:
Mitchell, John Mitchell]
6: United States dancer who formed the first Black classical
ballet company (born in 1934) [syn: Mitchell, {Arthur
Mitchell}] |
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mitchell
(encz) | Mitchell,Mitchell n: [jmén.] příjmení, okres v USA, ženské křestní
jméno, mužské křestní jméno Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
mitchell
(czen) | Mitchell,Mitchelln: [jmén.] příjmení, okres v USA, ženské křestní jméno,
mužské křestní jméno Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Mitchella repens
(gcide) | Partridge \Par"tridge\ (p[aum]r"tr[i^]j), n. [OE. partriche,
pertriche, OF. pertris, perdriz, F. perdrix, L. perdix,
-icis, fr. Gr. pe`rdix.] (Zool.)
1. Any one of numerous species of small gallinaceous birds of
the genus Perdix and several related genera of the
family Perdicid[ae], of the Old World. The partridge is
noted as a game bird.
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Full many a fat partrich had he in mew. --Chaucer.
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Note: The common European, or gray, partridge ({Perdix
cinerea}) and the red-legged partridge ({Caccabis
rubra}) of Southern Europe and Asia are well-known
species.
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2. Any one of several species of quail-like birds belonging
to Colinus, and allied genera. [U.S.]
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Note: Among them are the bobwhite (Colinus Virginianus) of
the Eastern States; the plumed, or mountain, partridge
(Oreortyx pictus) of California; the Massena
partridge (Cyrtonyx Montezum[ae]); and the California
partridge (Callipepla Californica).
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3. The ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus). [New Eng.]
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Bamboo partridge (Zool.), a spurred partridge of the genus
Bambusicola. Several species are found in China and the
East Indies.
Night partridge (Zool.), the woodcock. [Local, U.S.]
Painted partridge (Zool.), a francolin of South Africa
(Francolinus pictus).
Partridge berry. (Bot.)
(a) The scarlet berry of a trailing american plant
(Mitchella repens) of the order Rubiace[ae],
having roundish evergreen leaves, and white fragrant
flowers sometimes tinged with purple, growing in pairs
with the ovaries united, and producing the berries
which remain over winter; also, the plant itself.
(b) The fruit of the creeping wintergreen ({Gaultheria
procumbens}); also, the plant itself.
Partridge dove (Zool.) Same as Mountain witch, under
Mountain.
Partridge pea (Bot.), a yellow-flowered leguminous herb
(Cassia Cham[ae]crista), common in sandy fields in the
Eastern United States.
Partridge shell (Zool.), a large marine univalve shell
(Dolium perdix), having colors variegated like those of
the partridge.
Partridge wood
(a) A variegated wood, much esteemed for cabinetwork. It
is obtained from tropical America, and one source of
it is said to be the leguminous tree Andira inermis.
Called also pheasant wood.
(b) A name sometimes given to the dark-colored and
striated wood of some kind of palm, which is used for
walking sticks and umbrella handles.
Sea partridge (Zool.), an Asiatic sand partridge
(Ammoperdix Bonhami); -- so called from its note.
Snow partridge (Zool.), a large spurred partridge ({Lerwa
nivicola}) which inhabits the high mountains of Asia;
called also jermoonal.
Spruce partridge. See under Spruce.
Wood partridge, or Hill partridge (Zool.), any small
Asiatic partridge of the genus Arboricola.
[1913 Webster]Squaw vine \Squaw vine\ (Bot.)
The partridge berry (Mitchella repens).
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Checkerberry \Check"er*ber`ry\ (ch[e^]k"[~e]r*b[e^]r`r[y^]), n.;
pl. Checkerberries. (Bot.)
A spicy plant and its bright red berry; the wintergreen
(Gaultheria procumbens). Also incorrectly applied to the
partridge berry (Mitchella repens).
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arthur mitchell
(wn) | Arthur Mitchell
n 1: United States dancer who formed the first Black classical
ballet company (born in 1934) [syn: Mitchell, {Arthur
Mitchell}] |
billy mitchell
(wn) | Billy Mitchell
n 1: United States aviator and general who was an early advocate
of military air power (1879-1936) [syn: Mitchell,
William Mitchell, Billy Mitchell] |
capparis mitchellii
(wn) | Capparis mitchellii
n 1: small Australian tree bearing edible dark purple fruit
[syn: native orange, Capparis mitchellii] |
crotalus mitchellii
(wn) | Crotalus mitchellii
n 1: markings vary but usually harmonize with background; of
southwestern Arizona and Baja California [syn: {speckled
rattlesnake}, Crotalus mitchellii] |
genus mitchella
(wn) | genus Mitchella
n 1: creeping evergreen herbs of North America [syn:
Mitchella, genus Mitchella] |
helen porter mitchell
(wn) | Helen Porter Mitchell
n 1: Australian operatic soprano (1861-1931) [syn: Melba,
Dame Nellie Melba, Helen Porter Mitchell] |
john mitchell
(wn) | John Mitchell
n 1: United States labor leader; president of the United Mine
Workers of America from 1898 to 1908 (1870-1919) [syn:
Mitchell, John Mitchell] |
margaret mitchell
(wn) | Margaret Mitchell
n 1: United States writer noted for her novel about the South
during the American Civil War (1900-1949) [syn: Mitchell,
Margaret Mitchell, Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell] |
margaret munnerlyn mitchell
(wn) | Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell
n 1: United States writer noted for her novel about the South
during the American Civil War (1900-1949) [syn: Mitchell,
Margaret Mitchell, Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell] |
maria mitchell
(wn) | Maria Mitchell
n 1: United States astronomer who studied sunspots and nebulae
(1818-1889) [syn: Mitchell, Maria Mitchell] |
mitchell
(wn) | Mitchell
n 1: English aeronautical engineer (1895-1937) [syn: Mitchell,
R. J. Mitchell, Reginald Joseph Mitchell]
2: United States aviator and general who was an early advocate
of military air power (1879-1936) [syn: Mitchell, {William
Mitchell}, Billy Mitchell]
3: United States astronomer who studied sunspots and nebulae
(1818-1889) [syn: Mitchell, Maria Mitchell]
4: United States writer noted for her novel about the South
during the American Civil War (1900-1949) [syn: Mitchell,
Margaret Mitchell, Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell]
5: United States labor leader; president of the United Mine
Workers of America from 1898 to 1908 (1870-1919) [syn:
Mitchell, John Mitchell]
6: United States dancer who formed the first Black classical
ballet company (born in 1934) [syn: Mitchell, {Arthur
Mitchell}] |
mitchella
(wn) | Mitchella
n 1: creeping evergreen herbs of North America [syn:
Mitchella, genus Mitchella] |
mitchella repens
(wn) | Mitchella repens
n 1: creeping woody plant of eastern North America with shiny
evergreen leaves and scarlet berries [syn:
partridgeberry, boxberry, twinberry, {Mitchella
repens}] |
r. j. mitchell
(wn) | R. J. Mitchell
n 1: English aeronautical engineer (1895-1937) [syn: Mitchell,
R. J. Mitchell, Reginald Joseph Mitchell] |
reginald joseph mitchell
(wn) | Reginald Joseph Mitchell
n 1: English aeronautical engineer (1895-1937) [syn: Mitchell,
R. J. Mitchell, Reginald Joseph Mitchell] |
william mitchell
(wn) | William Mitchell
n 1: United States aviator and general who was an early advocate
of military air power (1879-1936) [syn: Mitchell,
William Mitchell, Billy Mitchell] |
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