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Webster 1913 Edition

Chough

Chough

,
Noun.
[OE.
choughe
,
kowe
(and cf. OE.
ca
), fr. AS.
ceó
; cf. also D.
kauw
, OHG.
chāha
; perh. akin to E.
caw
. √22. Cf.
Caddow
.]
(Zool.)
A bird of the Crow family (
Fregilus graculus
) of Europe. 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
. The name is also applied to several allied birds, as the
Alpine chough
.
Cornish chough
(Her.)
,
a bird represented black, with red feet, and beak; – called also
aylet
and
sea swallow
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Chough

CHOUGH

,
Noun.
The Cornish chough is a fowl of the genus Corvus, nearly of the size of the crow, and mischievous, like the magpie. It is black, except the bill, legs and feet, which are red. It is a native of the west of England.
Couch is also applied to the jackdaw.

Definition 2025

chough

chough

English

Wikispecies

Noun

chough ‎(plural choughs)

  1. 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.
  2. The white-winged chough, of genus Corcorax in the Australian mud-nest builders family, Corcoracidae, that inhabits dry woodlands.

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Translations

Etymology

From Middle English choughe, choȝe, coo, cheo, from Old English ċēo ‎(“a bird of the genus Corvus, a jay, crow, jackdaw, chough”) and Old English ċeahhe ‎(“a daw”), both from Proto-Germanic *kahwǭ, *kahwō ‎(“jackdaw, crow”), from Proto-Indo-European *gow- ‎(“to crow, caw, shout”). Cognate with Scots kae ‎(“jackdaw”), West Frisian ka ‎(“jackdaw”), Dutch kauw ‎(“jackdaw, daw, chough”), Swedish kaja ‎(“jackdaw”). Compare Lithuanian giedóti, Tocharian A kāk ‎(“he calls upon”), Sanskrit गायति ‎(gāyati).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʃʌf/
  • Homophone: chuff
  • Rhymes: -ʌf

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