chough

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Two species of bird of the genus Pyrrhocorax in the crow family Corvidae that breed mainly in high mountains and on coastal sea cliffs of Eurasia
A monotypic bird genus in the Australian mud-nest builders family, Corcoracidae, that inhabits dry woodlands
{n} a kind of sea-bird
The name is also applied to several allied birds, as the Alpine chough
A bird of the Crow family (Fregilus graculus) of Europe
a European corvine bird of small or medium size with red legs and glossy black plumage
A crow, Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, of Eurasia that breeds mainly in high mountains and on coastal sea cliffs
{i} any of several crowlike birds
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
alpine chough
A crow, Pyrrhocorax graculus, that breeds locally in the highest mountains of southern Europe, the Alps, across central Asia and India
alpine-chough
Attributive form of alpine chough, noun
The chough
chocard
The chough
sea crow
chough

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    Etymologie

    [ 'ch&f ] (noun.) 13th century. Middle English choȝe, from Old English cēo, from Proto-Germanic *kāwa (compare West Frisian ka 'jackdaw', Dutch kauw 'jackdaw', German Kauz 'screech-owl'); akin to Tocharian A kāk 'he calls upon' , Sanskrit गायति (gāyati, “he sings”).
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