chough

chough
[tʃʌf]
noun
  1. a black Eurasian and North African bird of the crow family, with a downcurved bill and broad rounded wings, typically frequenting mountains and sea cliffs
    山鸦;红嘴山鸦
  2. Genus Pyrrhocorax (and Pseudopodoces), family Corvidae: three species, especially the red-billed chough (P. pyrrhocorax), with a long red bill, and the alpine chough (P. graculus), with a shorter yellow bill
    山鸦属(及拟地鸦属),鸦科: 3种,尤指红嘴山鸦(拉丁名P. pyrrhocorax)和黄嘴山鸦(拉丁名P. graculus),前者有红色长喙,后者喙较短,黄色
  3. (亦作 white-winged chough)an Australian bird of the mud-nester family, somewhat resembling the red-billed chough
    白翅澳鸦
  4. Corcorax melanorhamphos, family Corcoracidae (or Grallinidae)
    拉丁名Corcorax melanorhamphos,澳鸦科(或鹊鹩科)
语源
  1. Middle English (originally denoting the jackdaw): probably imitative
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