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chough
[ chuhf ]
noun
- any of several crowlike Old World birds, especially Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, of Europe.
chough
/ tʃʌf /
noun
- a large black passerine bird, Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, of parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa, with a long downward-curving red bill: family Corvidae (crows)
- alpine chougha smaller related bird, Pyrrhocorax graculus, with a shorter yellow bill
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Word History and Origins
Origin of chough1
1275–1325; Middle English choghe; akin to Old English cēo, Dutch kauw, Danish kaa
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Word History and Origins
Origin of chough1
C14: of uncertain origin; probably related to Old French cauwe, Old English cēo
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Example Sentences
Scientists have found piles of chough bones in some caves visited by Neandertals.
Whether the European Chough should not form a distinct genus is a matter of opinion.
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According to them he alone is responsible for the disappearance of his distinguished relation, the chough.
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But of the chough in captivity or as a domesticated bird we know little now, as no records have been preserved.
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Not many years since, the Chough was far from uncommon in several parts of the coast of Devon and Cornwall.
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Mr. Lemon had a favourite tame Cornish chough that would always obey his call.
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