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noun
Any of several South American passerine birds, of the genus Rupicola, having bright plumage and a fan-shaped crest on the head.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, ornithology
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Synonyms: cock-of-the-rock
Antonyms: none provided
noun
cock of the rocks
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: genus Rupicola
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bird genus
History
From the genus name, from Latin rupicola, from rūpēs (“cliff”, “crag”) + -cola (“-inhabitor”).
