of, like or pertaining to partridges
• (a.) Of or pertaining to the family Perdicidae, or partridges.
Per'di·cine adjective [ See Perdix .] (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the family Perdicidæ , or partridges. 
perdicine Of or related to a partridge; pertaining to the subfamily Perdicin of the family Phasianidae, of which Perdix, the partridge, is the typical genus.