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• cock of the rock — noun 1. bird of the Andes similar to Rupicola rupicola • Syn: ↑Rupicola peruviana • Hypernyms: ↑cotinga, ↑chatterer 2. tropical bird of northern South America the male having brilliant red or orange plumage and an erectile disklike crest • Syn: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• cock-of-the-rock — /kok euhv dheuh rok /, n., pl. cocks of the rock. a brilliant orange red bird of the genus Rupicola, of northern South America, having an erect crest that conceals the bill. [1815 25] * * * ▪ bird  either of two species of brilliantly coloured… …   Universalium

• Guianan Cock-of-the-rock — Taxobox name = Guianan Cock of the rock status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 image width = 225px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes familia = Cotingidae genus = Rupicola species = R. rupicola binomial =… …   Wikipedia

• the robin and the wren are God’s cock and hen; the martin and the swallow are God’s mate and marrow — Marrow is an obsolete word (except in dialect), meaning ‘something that makes a pair with another’. The rhyme is found in a variety of forms, as in a 1508 J. SKELTON Poems (1969) 45 The prety wren..is our Ladyes hen. 1787 F. GROSE Provincial… …   Proverbs new dictionary

• Sand cock — Sand Sand, n. [AS. sand; akin to D. zand, G. sand, OHG. sant, Icel. sandr, Dan. & Sw. sand, Gr. ?.] 1. Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• water cock — ▪ bird       (Gallicrex cinerea), marsh bird of the rail family, Rallidae (order Gruiformes). It occurs from India to Japan and throughout Southeast Asia to the Philippines. The male is blue black with red legs, a strongly conical red bill, and a …   Universalium

• To feather one's nest — Feather Feath er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Feathered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Feathering.}] 1. To furnish with a feather or feathers, as an arrow or a cap. [1913 Webster] An eagle had the ill hap to be struck with an arrow feathered from her own wing. L… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• nescock — see nest cock, nest n. 8 …   Useful english dictionary

• Chicken — Gallus gallus domesticus redirects here. For other subspecies, see Red Junglefowl. Chooks redirects here. For the fast food chain, see Chooks Fresh Tasty. This article is about the animal. For chicken as human food, see Chicken (food). For other… …   Wikipedia

• List of animal names — This list gives names of animals used depending on the context. Many species of animals, particularly those domesticated, have been given specific names for the male, the female, and the young of the species. There are a few generic terms, bull… …   Wikipedia