chough
/tʃʌf/noun
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- 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。
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- 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。
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- （亦作white-winged chough）an Australian bird of the mud-nester family, somewhat resembling the red-billed chough白翅澳鸦。
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- Corcorax melanorhamphos, family Corcoracidae (or Grallinidae).拉丁名Corcorax melanorhamphos,澳鸦科（或鹊鹩科）。
词源
Middle English (originally denoting the jackdaw)： probably imitative.