chough

English

/tʃʌf/

noun
Definitions
  • 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 , of genus Corcorax in the Australian mud-nest builders family, Corcoracidae, that inhabits dry woodlands.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English choughe inherited from Old English ċēo (crow, a jay, chough, jackdaw, a bird of the genus Corvus) inherited from *kahwu (jackdaw, crow) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gewH- (call, cry, cry out, caw, shout, crow, invoke).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*gewH-

Gloss

call, cry, cry out, caw, shout, crow, invoke

Concept
Semantic Field

Speech and language

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

烏

Emoji
☎️ 📞 🤙

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