roc
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- noun
- /rɒk/
- Literature
- Telling his boots to let go, Defoe scrambled onto the roc's saddle, seizing the head-bar.
Examples
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A piece of shell from the egg of a giant bird called the roc.
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"Wings beat the air, and a huge woman-carrying roc landed beside the burning stakes."
Fiction book (2002) -
A pair of rocs plunged toward her in a stoop, wings back, matching her speed.
Fiction book (1998) -
During his chat with Saint Priscilla, the roc had rejoined the bird herder's flock.
Fiction book (2000) -
Clipping himself to the pack saddle, he drifted off, letting the roc's swaying beat rock him to sleep.
Fiction book (2000) -
The travelers were awed as a massive roc soared overhead, its wings casting a shadow across the desert.
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In the legend, the hero battled a fierce roc that protected a hidden treasure high in the mountains.
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Stories often depict the roc as a bird of enormous size that could carry off elephants in its talons.
Synonyms
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A very large bird from old stories that can carry an elephant
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word roc comes from the Middle Eastern name rukh, which meant 'a very large bird' in old sea stories. Think of a bird so huge it could carry an elephant, which is why roc means a giant, mythical bird today.