chough
/t͡ʃʌf/
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Australia/t͡ʃɐf/
chough noun: 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.
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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.
- For parot is no churlish Chowgh / nor no f[l]ekyd pyec. 1521, John Skelton, Speke Parrot, lines 205–210
- And had not the old-man come in vvith a VVhoo-bub againſt his Daughter, and the Kings Sonne, and ſcar'd my Chovvghes from the Chaffe, I had not left a Purſe aliue in the vvhole Army.c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
- The white-winged chough, of genus Corcorax in the Australian mud-nest builders family, Corcoracidae, that inhabits dry woodlands.
- Synonyms:
- hermit-crow
chough meaning in Tamil and Persian
chough in Tamil
- நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும்
chough in Persian
- bird of Pyrrhocorax
- زاغ zâġ
Synonyms of chough
Forms of chough
| plural | choughs |
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Origin of chough
From Middle English choughe, choȝe, coo, cheo, from Old English ċēo (“a bird of the genus Corvus, a jay, crow, jackdaw, chough”) and ċeahhe (“a daw”), both from Proto-West Germanic *kahu (“jackdaw, crow”), from imitative Proto-Indo-European *gewH- (“to crow, caw, shout”). Cognate with Scots kae (“jackdaw”), West Frisian ka (“jackdaw”), Dutch kauw (“jackdaw, daw, chough”), Swedish kaja (“jackdaw”).
Words formed from chough
- alpine chough
- red-billed chough
- white-winged chough
- yellow-billed chough
Phrases with chough
Words that rhyme with chough
Questions about chough
- What does chough mean?
- Chough means 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.
- What is chough in Tamil?
- Chough in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும். See Chough meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is chough?
- Chough is a noun.
- How do you pronounce chough?
- Chough is pronounced /t͡ʃʌf/ (UK).
- What is the plural of chough?
- The plural of chough is choughs.
Words near chough in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: chough (page history and authors); chough (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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