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Princeton's WordNet

  1. choughnoun

    a European corvine bird of small or medium size with red legs and glossy black plumage

Wiktionary

  1. choughnoun

    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.

  2. choughnoun

    A monotypic bird genus in the Australian mud-nest builders family, Corcoracidae, that inhabits dry woodlands.

  3. Etymology: choȝe, from ceo, from kēwōn (compare Norwegian kaie), from geh₁(i)- ‘sing’ (compare Lithuanian giedoti, 'he calls upon', गायति).

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Choughnoun

    A bird which frequents the rocks by the sea side, like a jackdaw, but bigger. Thomas Hanmer

    Etymology: ceo, Sax. choucas, Fr.

    In birds, kites and kestrels have a resemblance with hawks, crows with ravens, daws and choughs. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist.

    To crows the like impartial grace affords,
    And choughs and daws, and such republick birds. Dryden.

Wikipedia

  1. Chough

    There are two species of passerine birds commonly called chough ( CHUF) that constitute the genus Pyrrhocorax of the Corvidae (crow) family of birds. These are the red-billed chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax), and the Alpine chough (or yellow-billed chough) (Pyrrhocorax graculus). The white-winged chough of Australia, despite its name, is not a true chough but rather a member of the family Corcoracidae and only distantly related. The choughs have black plumage and brightly coloured legs, feet, and bills, and are resident in the mountains of southern Eurasia and North Africa. They have long broad wings and perform spectacular aerobatics. Both species pair for life and display fidelity to their breeding sites, which are usually caves or crevices in a cliff face. They build a lined stick nest and lay three to five eggs. They feed, usually in flocks, on short grazed grassland, taking mainly invertebrate prey, supplemented by vegetable material or food from human habitation, especially in winter. Changes in agricultural practices, which have led to local population declines and range fragmentation, are the main threats to this genus, although neither species is threatened globally.

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  1. chough

    A chough is a bird belonging to the crow family, specifically the Corvidae family. There are two species: the red-billed chough and the Alpine chough. They are characterized by their bright colored beaks and legs, their acrobatic flight style, and their propensity for mountainous habitats.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Choughnoun

    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

  2. Etymology: [OE. choughe, kowe (and cf. OE. ca), fr. AS. ce; cf. also D. kauw, OHG. chha; perh. akin to E. caw. 22. Cf. Caddow.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Chough

    chuf, n. a kind of jackdaw which frequents rocky places on the seacoast. [A.S. céo; from the cry of the bird. See Caw.]

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. CHOUGH

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Chough is ranked #113791 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Chough surname appeared 154 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Chough.

    85.7% or 132 total occurrences were Asian.
    7.1% or 11 total occurrences were White.
    3.9% or 6 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of chough in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of chough in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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