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chough
[ chuhf ]
noun
- any of several crowlike Old World birds, especially Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, of Europe.
chough
/ ʃʌ /
noun
- a large black passerine bird, Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, of parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa, with a long downward-curving red bill: family Corvidae (crows)
- alpine chougha smaller related bird, Pyrrhocorax graculus, with a shorter yellow bill
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of chough1
1275–1325; Middle English choghe; akin to Old English ŧ, Dutch kauw, Danish kaa
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of chough1
C14: of uncertain origin; probably related to Old French cauwe, Old English ŧ
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I’ve seen pilot whales, dolphins, seals, barn owls, kestrels, peregrines and choughs, met old Cornish fishermen and made new local friends.
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Below me is a lush flower-filled valley, and above me are swirls of choughs.
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“An Alpine chough...How can you see him?”
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They keep the vegetation low in the winter when the sheep are brought down to lower levels, and they provide food for birds like choughs.
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In the silence the call of the chough on the terrace could be distinctly heard right across the combe.
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