Definition of Chogh
Chough (?), n. [OE. choughe,
kowe (and cf. OE. ca), fr. AS. ceó;
cf. also D. kauw, OHG. chāha; perh. akin to
E. caw. √22. Cf. Caddow.] (Zoöl.)
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.
Cornish chough (Her.), a bird
represented black, with red feet, and beak; -- called also
aylet and sea swallow.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A crow, Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, of Eurasia that breeds mainly in high mountains and on coastal sea cliffs.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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