01 n. 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 ca…
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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.(Zool.) Also: chauk, chauk-daw, chocard, Cornish chough, red-legged crow, Alpine chough
Phrases & compounds
Cornish chough —
a bird represented black, with red feet, and beak; -- called also aylet and sea swallow.