cock-of-the-rock (kŏk′əv-thə-rŏk)
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Tweet n. pl. cocks-of-the-rock Either of two South American birds (Rupicola rupicola or R. peruvianus) having a distinctive crest and bright-orange or reddish plumage in the male. [From its habit of nesting on rocks.] |
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