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‖ pyrrhocorax Ornith.|pɪˈrɒkəræks|
[L. pyrrhocorax (Pliny), a. Gr. πυρροκόραξ a red-beaked crow, f. πυρρός reddish + κόραξ crow.]
A genus of crows, typical of the subfamily Pyrrhocoracinæ; the choughs; sometimes confined to the Alpine Chough, P. alpinus. Hence pyrrhoˈcoracine a.
1706Phillips (ed. 6), Pyrrhocorax, the Cornish Chough, a Bird having a red Bill. 1871Kingsley At Last vi, It feeds on very hard fruits, as the Nutcracker and the Pyrrhocorax. |