roc

American  

[rok] / rɒk /

noun

Arabian Mythology.

1. a bird of enormous size and strength.

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ROC ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. Royal Observer Corps

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roc ² British  

/ rɒk /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of roc

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

Example Sentences

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

It depicts a conversation between two birds, one a giant roc that soars over the earth, with "the blue sky on its back," and the other a timid sparrow "scared stiff" in his bush.

From Time Magazine Archive

The bright young men hit on the roc, huge bird that took Sindbad's baggy pants in its beak and carried him across mountains to drop him into a gully full of diamonds.

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