roc

[ rok ]

/ rɒk /

noun Arabian Mythology.

a bird of enormous size and strength.

Origin of roc

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

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As soon as the roc sees you, he will fly away for fear, and leave you at liberty.
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In every way Roc behaved so well that for his sake all his men were treated kindly and allowed many privileges.
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Times like these, a lump like a roc's egg would rise in the boy's throat.
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It is at the base of the massive Roc which bears aloft the chateau that is sculptured Bartholdis celebrated lion.
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The little boy thought they looked as if they were roc's eggs, blocks of big ruby eggs.
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British Dictionary definitions for roc

roc

/ (rɒk) /

noun

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

Word Origin for roc

C16: from Arabic rukhkh, from Persian rukh

ROC

abbreviation for

Royal Observer Corps

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Word Origin and History for roc

roc

large, ferocious bird of fable, 1570s, from Arabic rukhkh, from Persian rukh. Mentioned in Marco Polo's account of Madagascar, modern use is mostly from "Arabian Nights." Hence roc's egg "something marvelous or prodigious."

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