CHOUGH
chough
(noun) a European corvine bird of small or medium size with red legs and glossy black plumage
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
chough (plural choughs)
Either of 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.
The white-winged chough, of genus Corcorax in the Australian mud-nest builders family, Corcoracidae, that inhabits dry woodlands.
Source: Wiktionary
Chough, n. Etym: [OE. choughe, kowe (and cf. OE. ca), fr. AS. ceĂł;
cf. also D. kauw, OHG. chaha; perh. akin to E. caw. *22. Cf. Caddow.]
(Zoöl.)
Definition: 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. Cornish chough (Her.), a bird represented black, with red
feet, and beak; -- called also aylet and sea swallow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition