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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…

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  1. n. 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.
  2. n. a European corvine bird of small or medium size with red legs and glossy black plumage
  3. 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. Cornish chough (Her.), a bird represented black, with red feet, and beak; -- called also aylet and sea swallow.
  4. A bird of the Crow family (Fregilus graculus) of Europe. It isof a black color, with a long, slender, curved bill and red legs; --also called chauk, chauk-daw, chocard, Cornish chough, red-leggedcrow. The name is also applied to several allied birds, as the Alpinechough. Cornish chough (Her.), a bird represented black, with redfeet, and beak; -- called also aylet and sea swallow.
  5. n. a European corvine bird of small or medium size with red legs and glossy black plumage