chukar

chu·kar

(chə-kär′)

A Eurasian partridge (Alectoris chukar) with grayish-brown plumage and red legs and bill, introduced into western North America as a game bird.

[Hindi cakor, from Sanskrit cakoraḥ.]

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chukar

(tʃʌˈkɑː)

(Animals) a common Indian partridge, Alectoris chukar (or graeca), having red legs and bill and a black-barred sandy plumage

[from Hindi cakor, from Sanskrit cakora, probably of imitative origin]

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chu•kar

(tʃʌˈkɑr)

n.

a gray Eurasian partridge, Alectoris chukar, established in W North America.

[< Hindi cakor; compare Skt cakora]

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