Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—R

Roc

A fabulous white bird of enormous size, and such strength that it can “truss elephants in its talons,” and carry them to its mountain nest, where it devours them. (Arabian Nights; The Third Calender, and Sinbad the Sailor.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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