roc
Americannoun
abbreviation
noun
Etymology
Origin of roc
1570–80; < Arabic rukhkh, probably < Persian rukh; rook 2
Example Sentences
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The roc replies angrily: Stop your windy nonsense!
From Time Magazine Archive
But certainly the Arabian roc, which carried off elephants for its nestlings as an eagle rapes a mouse, would shy from the monstrous thing U. S. engineers propose to build for $5,000,000.
From Time Magazine Archive
Scholars suspect that Aepyornis titan may have given rise to the legend of a great bird called the roc, which is told in the Arabian Nights.
From Time Magazine Archive
Que de sc�nes de valeur et d'hero�sme ce nom de Queb�c �voque en nous, et que de noms illustres s'associent � ce noble roc.
From Time Magazine Archive
He too\ the mountain roc\ to carve into inking stones.
From "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon" by Grace Lin
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