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chough
(encz) | chough,kavče Zdeněk Brož |
Chough
(gcide) | Chough \Chough\, n. [OE. choughe, kowe (and cf. OE. ca), fr. AS.
ce['o]; cf. also D. kauw, OHG. ch[=a]ha; perh. akin to E.
caw. [root]22. Cf. Caddow.] (Zool.)
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.
[1913 Webster]
Cornish chough (Her.), a bird represented black, with red
feet, and beak; -- called also aylet and sea swallow.
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chough
(wn) | chough
n 1: a European corvine bird of small or medium size with red
legs and glossy black plumage |
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alpine chough
(encz) | Alpine Chough,kavče žlutozobé n: [zoo.] pěvec z čeledi krkavcovitých,
lat. Pyrrhocorax graculus Petr Prášek |
choughs
(encz) | choughs, |
Alpine chough
(gcide) | Chough \Chough\, n. [OE. choughe, kowe (and cf. OE. ca), fr. AS.
ce['o]; cf. also D. kauw, OHG. ch[=a]ha; perh. akin to E.
caw. [root]22. Cf. Caddow.] (Zool.)
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.
[1913 Webster]
Cornish chough (Her.), a bird represented black, with red
feet, and beak; -- called also aylet and sea swallow.
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Chough
(gcide) | Chough \Chough\, n. [OE. choughe, kowe (and cf. OE. ca), fr. AS.
ce['o]; cf. also D. kauw, OHG. ch[=a]ha; perh. akin to E.
caw. [root]22. Cf. Caddow.] (Zool.)
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.
[1913 Webster]
Cornish chough (Her.), a bird represented black, with red
feet, and beak; -- called also aylet and sea swallow.
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Cornish chough
(gcide) | Cornish \Cor"nish\ (k?r"n?sh), a.
Of or pertaining to Cornwall, in England.
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Cornish chough. See Chough.
Cornish engine, a single-acting pumping engine, used in
mines, in Cornwall and elsewhere, and for water works. A
heavy pump rod or plunger, raised by the steam, forces up
the water by its weight, in descending.
[1913 Webster]Chough \Chough\, n. [OE. choughe, kowe (and cf. OE. ca), fr. AS.
ce['o]; cf. also D. kauw, OHG. ch[=a]ha; perh. akin to E.
caw. [root]22. Cf. Caddow.] (Zool.)
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.
[1913 Webster]
Cornish chough (Her.), a bird represented black, with red
feet, and beak; -- called also aylet and sea swallow.
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