different between chough vs corvid

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Middle English choughe, cho?e, coo, cheo, from Old English ??o (“a bird of the genus Corvus, a jay, crow, jackdaw, chough”) and ?eahhe (“a daw”), both from Proto-West Germanic *kahwu (“jackdaw, crow”), from imitative Proto-Indo-European *gewH- (“to crow, caw, shout”).

Cognate with Scots kae (“jackdaw”), West Frisian ka (“jackdaw”), Dutch kauw (“jackdaw, daw, chough”), Swedish kaja (“jackdaw”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??f/
• (UK)
• Rhymes: -?f
• Homophone: chuff

Noun

chough (plural choughs)

1. 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.
   • c. 1521, John Skelton, “Speke Parott”:

     For parot is no churlish Chowgh, nor no flekyd pye
     Parrot is no pendugum, that men call a carlyng
     Parrot is no woodecocke, nor no butterfly
     Parrot is no stameryng stare, y^t men call a starlyng
     But Parot is my owne dere harte, & my dere derl?g

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

Derived terms

• alpine chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus)
• red-billed chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax)
• white-winged chough (Corcorax melanorhamphos)

Translations

English

Etymology

From Corvus +? -id.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k??v?d/

Adjective

corvid (comparative more corvid, superlative most corvid)

1. Pertaining to or resembling the Corvidae.

See also

• crowly

Noun

corvid (plural corvids)

1. A member of the bird family Corvidae, including crows, ravens, jays, choughs, treepies etc.

Translations

See also

• covid, COVID