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chikhor, chikor India.|ˈtʃɪkɔː(r)|
Also chichore, chikkor, chuckoor, chukor, -ar.
[Hind. chakor.]
A name for red-legged Indian partridges of the species Alectoris chukar and its sub-species.
1815Elphinstone Acc. Caubul 144 A bird which is called..the hill Chichore by the Indians. a1851Mrs. Sherwood Life (1854) 467 One day..he found a hill partridge... This bird is called the chuckoor, and is said to eat fire. 1879Hume & Marshall Game Birds India II. 35 October is the best month..for Chukor-shooting. Ibid. 39 The inhabitants of Scio..keep tame Chukor Partridges. 1893Baily's Mag. May 263/1 We also came across some chikhor (mountain partridge). 1909Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Apr. 124/2 He has taken teal, chukor, stone-plover, and grouse. 1920Blackw. Mag. May 664/2 Some of the officers went out one day to shoot chikhor. 1923Ibid. Apr. 493/1 A dozen chikor or a haunch of venison. 1936P. Fleming News from Tartary vii. iv. 339 Distraction was provided by a covey of chikkor. 1963Times 16 May 14/6 Coveys of chikhor dusted themselves in our path. |