roc

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From Spanish rocho, ruc, from Arabic رُخّ (ruḵḵ), from Classical Persian رُخ (rux).

Times like these, a lump like a roc's egg would rise in the boy's throat. — The best short stories of 1917, and the yearbook of the American short story, Unknown
There we found a roc's egg, equal in size to the one I had seen before. — Favorite Fairy Tales, Unknown
And a genuine bit of news is such a roc's egg in these times of scarcity." — The Dop Doctor, Richard Dehan

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