roc

[ rok ]

nounArabian Mythology.
  1. a bird of enormous size and strength.

Origin of roc

1
1570–80; <Arabic rukhkh, probably <Persian rukh;see rook2

Words Nearby roc

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How to use roc in a sentence

  • Here there was a scuffling sound in the basket, and the roc rapped on the cover with her hard beak, and cried, "Hush!"

    Davy and The Goblin | Charles E. Carryl
  • As Davy stood in the road, in doubt which way to go, a roc came around the corner of the house.

    Davy and The Goblin | Charles E. Carryl
  • There was a young roc in it just ready to be hatched, and its bill had begun to appear.

  • They retired in the daytime to their dens, where they hid themselves from the roc, their enemy, and came out only in the night.

  • The other roc, to our misfortune, threw his burden so exactly upon the middle of the ship, as to split it into a thousand pieces.

British Dictionary definitions for roc (1 of 2)

roc

/ (rɒk) /


noun
  1. (in Arabian legend) a bird of enormous size and power

Origin of roc

1
C16: from Arabic rukhkh, from Persian rukh

British Dictionary definitions for ROC (2 of 2)

ROC

abbreviation for
  1. Royal Observer Corps

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