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Definition of Chough
1. Noun. A European corvine bird of small or medium size with red legs and glossy black plumage.
Generic synonyms: Corvine Bird
Definition of Chough
1. 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 called chauk, chauk-daw, chocard, Cornish chough, red-legged crow. The name is also applied to several allied birds, as the Alpine chough.
Definition of Chough
1. Noun. Two species of bird of the genus ''Pyrrhocorax'' in the crow family Corvidae that breed mainly in high mountains and on coastal sea cliffs of Eurasia. ¹
2. Noun. A monotypic bird genus in the Australian mud-nest builders family, Corcoracidae, that inhabits dry woodlands. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chough
1. a crow-like bird [n -S]