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noun Arabian Mythology.
- a bird of enormous size and strength.
noun
- (in Arabian legend) a bird of enormous size and power
abbreviation for
- Royal Observer Corps
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.”