roc

[rok]

noun

Arabian Mythology.

1. a bird of enormous size and strength.

ROC

¹

abbreviation

1. Royal Observer Corps

roc

²

/ rɒk /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of roc¹

1570–80; < Arabic rukhkh, probably < Persian rukh; rook ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of roc¹

C16: from Arabic rukhkh , from Persian rukh

Example Sentences

I opened it and, in careful printing was written “You roc.”

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He too\ the mountain roc\ to carve into inking stones.

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Further, if Signor Bianconi's assumption hold good, then may we not have done amiss in banishing the "roc" to the realms of fiction?

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The egg itself, with its shell of white, was geometrically perfect, and brought to mind the famous tale of Sindbad and the gigantic roc.

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It was of a giant bird, like the roc of the Arabian Nights.

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