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chough

American  
[chuhf] / tʃʌf /

noun

  1. any of several crowlike Old World birds, especially Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, of Europe.

chough British  
/ tʃʌf /

noun

  1. a large black passerine bird, Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, of parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa, with a long downward-curving red bill: family Corvidae (crows)

  2. a smaller related bird, Pyrrhocorax graculus, with a shorter yellow bill

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Etymology

Origin of chough

1275–1325; Middle English choghe; akin to Old English cēo, Dutch kauw, Danish kaa

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