chough

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A small to medium black bird with bright red legs and a curved beak

noun
/tʃʌf/

: chova

I spotted a chough flying over the meadow, its glossy black feathers shining in the sunlight.
winged choughs
White-winged choughs
first-year choughs

Examples

By magot-pies, choughs, and rooks, brought forth

Fiction book (2002)
So all use "linsey-woolsey," "choughs' language, gabble enough" except for the "very politic interpreter."

Academic text (2005)
A group of choughs with their distinctive red legs landed on the rocky cliff.
The chough often forages for insects and seeds in the grasslands of Europe.

Surface Forms

chough singular

choughs plural

Etymology

Chough probably comes from an old sound word that copied the bird's cry, like 'chook'. So the name is just the bird's noise, which helps you remember this black crow with bright red legs.