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# roc

«roc» in Mova's school dictionary: **a huge bird of legend, in Arabian tales, strong enough to…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (rocs)

### meaning for a pupil

A roc is a huge bird of legend, in Arabian tales, strong enough to carry off an elephant or a ship. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roc/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

a giant bird in the adventure tales of sailors and genies

### examples

- The roc flew over the sea with a elephant in its claws. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roc/#x1)
- Sinbad saw a roc's egg on the island. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roc/#x2)
- A genie promised to bring a roc's egg. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roc/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «roc» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.