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Definition: chauk
Chough
\Chough\, n. [OE. choughe, kowe (and cf. OE. ca), fr. AS.
ce['o]; cf. also D. kauw, OHG. ch[=a]ha; perh. akin to E.
caw. [root]22. Cf.
Caddow.] (Zo["o]l.)
A bird of the Crow family (
Fregilus graculus) of Europe. It
is of a black color, with a long, slender, curved bill and
red legs; -- also called
chauk,
chauk-daw,
chocard,
Cornish chough,
red-legged crow. The name is also applied
to several allied birds, as the
Alpine chough.
[1913 Webster]
Cornish chough (Her.), a bird represented black, with red
feet, and beak; -- called also
aylet and
sea swallow.
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