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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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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