Cornish chough
noun
Definition of Cornish chough
1 : a red-billed chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) now rare in England but found in mountainous parts of Europe and northern Africa
2 : the heraldic representation of a Cornish chough with black feathers and red legs and beak
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Origin and Etymology of cornish chough
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