Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Cockstone; a peculiar stone, erroneously supposed to be sometimes found in the stomach or liver of an aged cock or capon. Many imaginary virtues were attributed to it.
- n. A genus of lichens. A. jubata, or rockhair, grows on trees and rocks, and affords food for the reindeer while the snow is deep.
Wiktionary
- n. a precious stone said to be found in the gizzard of cocks
WordNet 3.0
- n. lichens having dark brown erect or pendulous much-branched cylindrical thallus
Etymologies
- Latin alectoria, formed from Greek αλεκτρυων ‘cock’. (Wiktionary)
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