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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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