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Webster 1913 Edition

Francolin

Fran′co-lin

,

Noun.

[F.; cf. It.

francolino

, Sp.

francolin

.]

(Zool.)

A spurred partidge of the genus

Francolinus

and allied genera, of Asia and Africa. The common species (

F. vulgaris

) was formerly common in southern Europe, but is now nearly restricted to Asia.