Chough
Chough , noun
[Old English choughe, kowe (and compare Old English ca), from Anglo-Saxon ceó; compare also Dutch kauw, Old High German chāha; perh. akin to English caw. r22. Compare Caddow.]
(Zoology) 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.
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Cornish chough (Heraldry) , a bird represented black, with red feet, and beak; -- called also aylet and sea swallow.