genus oreortyx

English Thesaurus

1. mountain quail of western United States (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	bird genus,
definition	:	a genus of birds (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	mountain partridge, mountain quail, oreortyx picta palmeri,
definition	:	California partridge; slightly larger than the California quail (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	perdicidae, perdicinae, subfamily perdicidae, subfamily perdicinae,
definition	:	Old World partridges (noun.animal)