1a black Eurasian and North African bird of the crow family, with a downcurved bill and broad, rounded wings, typically frequenting mountains and sea cliffs.
Genus Pyrrhocorax (and Pseudopodoces), family Corvidae: three species, especially the (red-billed) chough (P. pyrrhocorax)
2 (also white-winged chough) a black and white Australian bird of the mud-nester family.
Corcorax melanorhamphos, family Corcoracidae (or Grallinidae)
Origin:
Middle English (originally denoting the jackdaw): probably imitative
