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chough in British English
(tʃʌf)
noun
1.
a large black passerine bird, Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, of parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa, with a long downward-curving red bill: family Corvidae (crows)
2. alpine chough
Word origin
C14: of uncertain origin; probably related to Old French cauwe, Old English cēochough in American English
(tʃʌf)
noun
any of various crowlike birds; esp., a European bird (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) of the crow family, with red legs and beak and glossy, black feathers
Word origin
ME < IE base *gou-, to cry, scream > MDu cauwe, jackdaw, Ger kauz, screech-owlImage ofchough
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