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Chough
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What's The Definition Of Chough?
[n] a European corvine bird of small or medium size with red legs and glossy black plumage
Synonyms | Synonyms for Chough: Related Terms | Find terms related to Chough: See Also | corvine bird Chough In Webster's Dictionary \Chough\, n. [OE. choughe, kowe (and cf. OE. ca), fr. AS.
ce['o]; cf. also D. kauw, OHG. ch[=a]ha; perh. akin to E.
caw. [root]22. Cf. {Caddow}.] (Zo["o]l.)
A bird of the Crow family ({Fregilus graculus}) of Europe. It
is of a black color, with a long, slender, curved bill and
red legs; -- also called {chauk}, {chauk-daw}, {chocard},
{Cornish chough}, {red-legged crow}. The name is also applied
to several allied birds, as the {Alpine chough}.
{Cornish chough} (Her.), a bird represented black, with red
feet, and beak; -- called also {aylet} and {sea swallow}.
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