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A crowlike Old World bird of the genus Pyrrhocorax, especially P. pyrrhocorax, having black plumage and red legs.

[Middle English.]

chough [tʃʌf]

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a large black passerine bird, Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, of parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa, with a long downward-curving red bill: family Corvidae (crows)

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals)

alpine chough a smaller related bird, Pyrrhocorax graculus, with a shorter yellow bill

[of uncertain origin; probably related to Old French cauwe, Old English cēo]

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Noun

chough - a European corvine bird of small or medium size with red legs and glossy black plumage

corvine bird - birds of the crow family

chough noun

Related words
collective noun chattering

Translations

chough [tʃʌf] N → chova f (piquirroja)

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chough (redirected from Alpine Chough)

chough
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