rock lobster
— Noun
– English
~ large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters
rock pigeon
— Noun
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~ pale grey Eurasian pigeon having black-striped wings from which most domestic species are descended
rock gunnel
— Noun
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~ slippery scaleless food fish of the northern Atlantic coastal waters
rock drill
— Noun
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~ a drill for penetrating rock
rock
— Noun
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~ a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western; "rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock'n'roll."
rock dove
— Noun
– English
~ pale grey Eurasian pigeon having black-striped wings from which most domestic species are descended
Rock Cornish
— Noun
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~ small plump hybrid developed by crossbreeding Plymouth Rock and Cornish fowl
rock
— Noun
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~ material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust; "that mountain is solid rock"; "stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries"
Rock of Gibraltar
— Noun
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~ location of a colony of the United Kingdom on a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain; strategically important because it can control the entrance of ships into the Mediterranean; one of the Pillars of Hercules
Rock Cornish hen
— Noun
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~ flesh of a small fowl bred for roasting
rock brake
— Noun
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~ any of several small lithophytic ferns of tropical and warm temperate regions
rock elm
— Noun
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~ large ornamental tree with graceful gradually spreading branches common in eastern North America
rock climber
— Noun
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~ a climber of vertical rock faces
rock purslane
— Noun
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~ a plant of the genus Calandrinia
rock crystal
— Noun
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~ a clear quartz used in making electronic and optical equipment
rock barnacle
— Noun
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~ barnacle that attaches to rocks especially in intertidal zones
rock
— Noun
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~ (figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable; "he was her rock during the crisis"; "Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church"--Gospel According to Matthew
Rock fever
— Noun
– English
~ infectious bacterial disease of human beings transmitted by contact with infected animals or infected meat or milk products; characterized by fever and headache
rock rabbit
— Noun
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~ hyrax that lives in rocky areas
rock maple
— Noun
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~ maple of eastern and central North America having three-lobed to five-lobed leaves and hard close-grained wood much used for cabinet work especially the curly-grained form; sap is chief source of maple syrup and maple sugar; many subspecies