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  • noun Plural form of roc.

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Examples

  • But Blue demurred, for there were more vi - cious animals supporting the Adverse Adepts than there were supporting Stile, and some of them were dragons and rocs: it would not be a fair contest.

    Here There Are Monsters 2010

  • I quickly checked the sky to see if there were any other huge rocks (or rocs) descending on us.

    Father Swarat Matt Dennison 2010

  • Moreover, McDowell did not consider all possible explanations, including Martians, rocs, and walking squids.

    Cornelius Hunter: Telltale Traces of a Non-Evolutionary Theory Sighted - The Panda's Thumb 2010

  • Each night, when dawn came and the King asked her whether the forty thieves will manage to kill Ali Baba, or if Sinbad will be eaten by the rocs, or what will happen when Aladdin's mother rubs the lamp, imagine what would have happened to her neck if Sheherazade had answered, Who cares?

    Marty Kaplan: I Want to Know What Happens Next 2009

  • We found Pygmies crouching in the dune grass and stalked rocs strutting along the shoreline.

    In This Way I Was Saved Brian DeLeeuw 2009

  • I had never heard of some of these creatures: rocs that feed on elephants (and will surely turn up at my next Scrabble match), kappas that steal bellybuttons while you're sleeping, or the manticore "dragon behind and man before."

    Soarin' Heidi Hess Saxton 2007

  • I had never heard of some of these creatures: rocs that feed on elephants (and will surely turn up at my next Scrabble match), kappas that steal bellybuttons while you're sleeping, or the manticore "dragon behind and man before."

    Archive 2007-03-01 Heidi Hess Saxton 2007

  • There is a wonderful art museum, a cafeteria, a great bakery featuring “rocs” which are giant meringue cookies filled with hazelnuts, and a large gift store featuring everything from religious items to camping supplies.

    10 Days in Barcelona FJK 2008

  • Labradorite, Charoite, botryoidal chalcedony, and rocs, adn rocs, adn uh, smammie, uze gittin BORIN agin… sari….. and dey maeks handii howz-wholed wepenz.. sew dere, thwak.

    Ur daiz…dey is numbrd - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • En teh howz, Aye gotz polished rocs en floofy boxez.

    Ur daiz…dey is numbrd - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

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