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A genus of Perdicinae
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perdix
Word definitions for perdix in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Perdix \Per"dix\ (p[~e]r"d[i^]ks), n. [L., a partridge, Gr. pe`rdix.] (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.
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Perdix was a nephew and student of Daedalus in Greek mythology . (In other sources, Perdix is the parent of Talos ).
Usage examples of perdix.
With the single blue eye in the center of his wide face, Perdix looked up at Gwydion.
The creatures were kin to Perdix and Af, but only in their sheer grotesqueness.
Reluctantly Perdix agreed but was careful to impose himself between Gwydion and Af until the gates opened.
Af and Perdix hustled their charge past the massive slab of carved onyx serving as the main door, into an entry hall built upon a floor of seamless crystal.
Af and Perdix followed suit, prostrating themselves as much as their twisted forms would allow.
The two started away from the wall, Af slithering, Perdix hopping on thin legs.
As he fell into step with Af and Perdix, Gwydion picked away at the mold that had worked its way into his matted blond hair and the rags that had once been warm winter clothes.
Surprisingly, most of them nodded respectfully to Perdix, as well, offering solemn greetings to the diminutive creature.
Though he and Perdix had tried to find a spot as far as they could from the Slith, the press of the denizens and shades had forced them ever closer to the moat.
Finally fed up with being trod upon by the crowd, Perdix flexed his leathery wings and hopped into the air.
As the crowd began to break up, filing back to the necropolis to resume the search for Kelemvor, Gwydion tapped Perdix on the leg.
A denizen with the head and upper body of a mantis swiped at Perdix with one massive forelimb.
Deftly Perdix avoided the halfhearted attack and fluttered to the top of a high, twisted metal pole.
But if Perdix were right, even the denizens might turn against the Prince of Lies.
Yet of all the souls gathered there, only Perdix tried to silence Gwydion.