Thanks for that comment, Carl.
Please no one start a trend for separate names for all the chicks of all the bird groups. We have enough troubles settling names for species of birds, e.g. Koel and monstrosity group names like Cuckoo-shrike (when we could use “Cush” instead as a group name – because they aren’t cuckoos or shrikes but Cush would retain some sense of etymology and still be distinctive).
Let alone the idea of collective nouns for birds and all sorts of other things.
We are exotic enough with our monotremes: “puggle” for a baby platypus or echidna.
Philip
Perhaps it could be used as a moniker for Stoned Curlews
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cush
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I do not think Cush is a word that should even be considered.
If I remember my (limited) Arabic well enough.
Stay clear of it, I cannot even explain on line.
However Trevor if you want to know call me at home.
Trevor Cowie