chukar
/tʃʌˈkɑː(r)/(亦作chukor或chukar partridge)
noun
1- a Eurasian partridge similar to the red-legged partridge, but with a call like a clucking domestic hen石鸡。
1.1
- Genus Alectoris, family Phasianidae: two species, in particular A. chukar.石鸡属, 雉科:2种, 尤指石鸡。
词源
early 19th cent.: from Sanskrit cakora.