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chukar definition

chu·kar (c̸hə kär′)

noun

an Asian and European partridge (Alectoris chukar), with red bill and feet, chestnut-colored above and white or gray below: successfully introduced into W U.S.

Etymology: Hindi cakor < Sans cakōra < IE echoic base *kāu-, to scream > howl

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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