choughs in English
The sea stretches out before them and on a clear day, the shores of Ireland can be seen and brimming with wildlife it is not unusual to spot the rare chough , wild mountain goats or a seal in the sea nearby.
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1. Young White-winged Choughs start off duskier than the adults, and the eye is brown.
2. Young White-winged Choughs start off duskier than the adults, and the eye is brown.
3. The white-winged Chough (Corcorax melanorhamphos) of Australia, which is similar in appearance to the Old World Choughs
4. CornishStuff, Cornwall, Cornish news, News Last year's count saw the number of Choughs in Cornwall at their highest since their return in 2001
5. In Wales and Scotland during the 17th Century, where Choughs would also have been common, the Chough was known as the Crow of Cornwall.
6. Chough (plural Choughs) 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
7. Magot-pies, choughs and rooks are all, like parrots, talking birds who could potentially betray their masters by revealing secrets, although the larger implication of Auspicy is not to be ignored here
8. ‘Stackpole is also home to the Chough, a much rarer bird.’ ‘The Dingle Peninsula has been highlighted as an international stronghold for an endangered Irish bird, the distinctive red-billed Chough.’ ‘Now the sheer cliffs are inhabited by Choughs, golden eagles, feral goats and basking seals.’
9. (obsolete) chough (the bird) Cornish choughs, or "Beckets" as they are sometimes known, are seen on Thomas Wolsey's coat of arms, they are a reference to his namesake, Thomas Becket.· (nautical) A short piece of rope spliced to form a circle· (nautical) A loop of rope with a knot at one end to catch in an eye at the other end[1]