Associations to the word «Chough»

Wiktionary

CHOUGH, noun. 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.
CHOUGH, noun. The white-winged chough, of genus Corcorax in the Australian mud-nest builders family, Corcoracidae, that inhabits dry woodlands.

Dictionary definition

CHOUGH, noun. A European corvine bird of small or medium size with red legs and glossy black plumage.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats