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Definition of "chough"

chough

/t͡ʃʌf/
  • noun

    plural choughs

    1. Either of 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.    

      Quotations

      • For parot is no churlish Chowgh, nor no flekyd pyeParrot is no pendugum, that men call a carlyngParrot is no woodecocke, nor no butterflyParrot is no stameryng stare, yt men call a starlyngBut Parot is my owne dere harte, & my dere derlĩg

        c. 1521, John Skelton, Speke Parott

    2. The white-winged chough, of genus Corcorax in the Australian mud-nest builders family, Corcoracidae, that inhabits dry woodlands.  

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