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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chocard \Cho"card\, n. (Zool.)
     The chough.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Chough \Chough\, n. [OE. choughe, kowe (and cf. OE. ca), fr. AS.
     ce['o]; cf. also D. kauw, OHG. ch[=a]ha; perh. akin to E.
     caw. [root]22. Cf. {Caddow}.] (Zool.)
     A bird of the Crow family ({Fregilus graculus}) of Europe. It
     is of a black color, with a long, slender, curved bill and
     red legs; -- also called {chauk}, {chauk-daw}, {chocard},
     {Cornish chough}, {red-legged crow}. The name is also applied
     to several allied birds, as the {Alpine chough}.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Cornish chough} (Her.), a bird represented black, with red
        feet, and beak; -- called also {aylet} and {sea swallow}.
        [1913 Webster]

















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