Definitions for ROCrɒk

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

rocrɒk(n.)

  1. (in medieval Asian literature and lore, as The Arabian Nights' Entertainments) a predatory bird of great size and strength.

    Category: Mythology

Origin of roc:

1570–80; < Ar rukhkh, prob. < Pers rukh; cf. rook2

Princeton's WordNet

  1. roc(noun)

    mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength

Wiktionary

  1. roc(Noun)

    An enormous mythical bird in Eastern legend.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Roc(noun)

    a monstrous bird of Arabian mythology


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