Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Perdix \Per"dix\, n. [L., a partridge, Gr. ?.] (Zo["o]l.)
   A genus of birds including the common European partridge.
   Formerly the word was used in a much wider sense to include
   many allied genera.

Source : WordNet®

Perdix
     n : a genus of Perdicinae [syn: {genus Perdix}]