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ROC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does roc mean?
• ROC (noun)
The noun ROC has 1 sense:
1. mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength
Familiarity information: ROC used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("roc" is a kind of...):
mythical creature; mythical monster (a monster renowned in folklore and myth)
Context examples
If it had been Aladdin's palace, roc's egg and all, I suppose I could not have been more charmed with the romantic idea of living in it.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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