partridge

noun3

1. •
   Any bird of a number of genera in the family Phasianidae, notably in the genera Perdix and Alectoris.

   • On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me a partridge in a pear tree.
2. •
   The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.
3. •
   (no longer used) A type of cannon charge composed of several missiles fired all together, similar to langrage or case-shot. Also a large cannon that shoots stones.