Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fabulous bird of prey of monstrous size, famous in Arabian mythology, and corresponding to the Persian simurg.
- noun A Middle English form of
rock .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A monstrous bird of Arabian mythology.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An enormous
mythical bird in Eastern legend.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I remembered that I had often heard mariners speak of a miraculous bird called the roc, and conceived that the great dome which I so much admired must be its egg.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 3 Charles Herbert Sylvester
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I recollected that I had heard of a bird called the roc, so large that it could carry away young elephants, and I therefore conjectured that the large object I had been looking at was the egg of this bird.
Favorite Fairy Tales Logan Marshall
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I remembered a fowl, called roc, that I had often heard mariners speak of, and conceived that the great bowl, which I so much admired, must needs be its egg.
Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights E. Dixon
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I remembered that I had often heard sailors speak of a wonderful bird called the roc, and saw that the great dome which I so much admired must be its egg.
The Elson Readers, Book 5 Christine M. Keck
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I remembered that I had often heard mariners speak of a miraculous bird called the roc, [52] and conceived that the great dome which I so much admired must be its egg.
The Arabian Nights Entertainments Anonymous 1921
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I remembered that I had often heard mariners speak of a miraculous bird called the roc, and conceived that the great dome which I so much admired must be its egg.
The Junior Classics — Volume 5 William Patten 1902
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I remembered that I had often heard mariners speak of a marvelous bird called the roc, and felt sure that the great dome by which I stood must be its egg.
The Children's Hour, v 5. Stories From Seven Old Favorites Eva March Tappan 1892
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I remembered that I had often heard mariners speak of a miraculous bird called the roc, and conceived that the great dome which I so much admired must be its egg.
The Arabian Nights Their Best-known Tales Unknown 1889
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Presently there will come to thee a bird called the roc [FN#44], that will catch thee up in its claws and fly away with thee and set thee down on
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume I Anonymous 1879
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Dans cette disposition il semble que le mot 'roc' soit monté sur deux échasses. '
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