chough
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Noun (1)
- a European corvine bird of small or medium size with red legs and glossy black plumageType of corvine bird
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Chough noun
Origin: OE. choughe, kowe (and cf. OE. ca), fr. AS. ceó; cf. also D. kauw, OHG. chāha; perh. akin to E. caw. √22. Cf. Caddow.
Zoology 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 Heraldry, a bird represented black, with red feet, and beak; — called also aylet and sea swallow.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54