Definition of Cock of the rock

1. Noun. Bird of the Andes similar to Rupicola rupicola.

Exact synonyms: Rupicola Peruviana
Generic synonyms: Chatterer, Cotinga

2. Noun. Tropical bird of northern South America the male having brilliant red or orange plumage and an erectile disklike crest.
Exact synonyms: Rupicola Rupicola
Generic synonyms: Chatterer, Cotinga
Group relationships: Genus Rupicola, Rupicola

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cock Of The Rock

cock-sparrow
cock-sparrows
cock-stand
cock-stands
cock-up
cock-ups
cock a snook
cock block
cock cheeses
cock gobblers
cock juices
cock of the plains
cock of the rock (current term)
cock of the roost
cock of the walk
cock pigeon
cock pigeons
cock pilots
cock pumps
cock rings
cock sucking

Literary usage of Cock of the rock

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transatlantic Sketches, Comprising Visits to the Most Interesting Scenes in by James Edward Alexander (1833)
"... and other quadrupeds of Guiana—Parrots, Macaws, Vampires, Owls, and Goat-suckers— Aquatic birds.—Humming-birds.—The Cock of the Rock— ..."

2. Birds' Nests: An Introduction to the Science of Caliology by Charles Dixon (1902)
"... the Shearwaters—Cave-building Birds—The Jackdaw— The Choughs—The Rock Dove—The Shag—Cock of the Rock—Oil Bird- Edible Swifts—Alpine Swift—Cave-building ..."

3. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Ephraim Chambers (1870)
"... having a double vertical Cock of the Rock (Rupicola aurantia). crest on the head, with the feathers disposed in a fan-like manner. ..."

4. American Roadsters and Trotting Horses: Being a Sketch of the Trotting by Henry T. Helm (1878)
"The stallion Rhode Island was a great trotter, and a trotting sire, and the only line of trotting blood he possessed came from Cock of the Rock, ..."

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