ROC

roc

(noun) mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

roc (plural rocs)

An enormous mythical bird in Eastern legend.

The Arabian Nights Entertainment. Tale 4. Sinbad. The Second Voyage.

Synonyms

• peng (Chinese contexts)

Etymology 2

Noun

roc

(medicine, colloquial) Rocuronium.

Anagrams

• COR, CRO, CoR, Cor., OCR, ORC, cor, cor-, orc

Proper noun

ROC

The Royal Observer Corps, a United Kingdom defence organisation (1925 to 1992).

The Republic of China (all senses)

(Canada) The "Rest of Canada", i.e. Canada excluding the province of Quebec.

The Republic of (the) Congo.

Noun

ROC (plural ROCs)

(mathematics, of a series) Initialism of region of convergence.

Anagrams

• COR, CRO, CoR, Cor., OCR, ORC, cor, cor-, orc

Source: Wiktionary


Roc, n. Etym: [Ar. & Per. rokh or rukh. Cf. Rook a castle.]

Definition: A monstrous bird of Arabian mythology. [Written also rock, and rukh.] Brande & C.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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