chough
chough
Definition
chough (c̸huf)
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
Etymology: ME < IE base *gou-, to cry, scream > MDu cauwe, jackdaw, Ger kauz, screech-owl
chough
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- see: You may even see the rare chough, along with dolphins and seals.
- include: The many other species of bird include chough, corncrake, golden eagle, merlin, buzzard and hen harrier.
- nest: One of these is that Gower is home to an increasing number of nesting Choughs.
Adjective modifier
- red-billed: We watched two Red-billed Choughs, bringing in food for their young.
- alpine: A flock of 100+ choughs and alpine choughs was something I hadn't appreciated last time.
- rare: You may even see the rare chough, along with dolphins and seals.
- few: A Tree Pipit sang off to one side and a few choughs passed over at height.
Modifies a noun
- pyrrhocorax: CHOUGH Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax Good numbers of this species noted in the High Atlas around Er Rachidia on the 28th.
- population: Pembrokeshire is one of the last strongholds of the UK chough population.
- nest: He was temporarily stopped from that by the presence of a new chough nest in the barn.
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