| rock climbing | the sport or pastime of scaling rock masses on mountain sides (especially with the help of ropes and special equipment) |
rock
careen
sway tilt | pitching dangerously to one side |
| cock of the rock Rupicola rupicola | tropical bird of northern South America the male having brilliant red or orange plumage and an erectile disklike crest |
| cock of the rock Rupicola peruviana | bird of the Andes similar to Rupicola rupicola |
| rock wren Salpinctes obsoletus | wren inhabiting badlands and mesa country of western United States and Mexico |
| rock wren Xenicus gilviventris | short-tailed bird resembling a wren |
tree swallow tree martin
Hirundo nigricans | of Australia and Polynesia, nests in tree cavities |
| martin | any of various swallows with squarish or slightly forked tail and long pointed wings, migrate around Martinmas |
house martin
Delichon urbica | common small European martin that builds nests under the eaves of houses |
bank martin
bank swallow
sand martin
Riparia riparia | swallow of the northern hemisphere that nests in tunnels dug in clay or sand banks |
purple martin
Progne subis | large North American martin of which the male is blue-black |
African clawed frog
Xenopus laevis | a tongueless frog native to Africa, established in the United States as result of release of laboratory and aquarium animals |
African chameleon
Chamaeleo chamaeleon | a chameleon found in Africa |
African monitor
Varanus niloticus | destroys crocodile eggs |
African crocodile
Nile crocodile
Crocodylus niloticus | a dangerous crocodile widely distributed in Africa |
rock python
rock snake
Python sebae | very large python of tropical and southern Africa |
African coral snake
Aspidelaps lubricus | small widely distributed arboreal snake of southern Africa banded in black and orange |
rock rattlesnake
Crotalus lepidus | mountain rock dweller of Mexico and most southern parts of United States southwest |
| Plymouth Rock | an American breed of domestic fowl |
| Rock Cornish | small plump hybrid developed by crossbreeding Plymouth Rock and Cornish fowl |
Greek partridge
rock partridge
Alectoris graeca | of mountainous areas of southern Europe |
rock dove
rock pigeon
Columba livia | pale grey Eurasian pigeon having black-striped wings from which most domestic species are descended |
African grey
African gray
Psittacus erithacus | commonly domesticated grey parrot with red-and-black tail and white face, native to equatorial Africa |
rock wallaby
rock kangaroo | slender long-legged Australian wallabies living in caves and rocky areas |
rock crab
Cancer irroratus | crab of eastern coast of North America |
spiny lobster
langouste
rock lobster
crawfish crayfish sea crawfish | large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters |
acorn barnacle
rock barnacle
Balanus balanoides | barnacle that attaches to rocks especially in intertidal zones |
rock hopper
crested penguin | small penguin of the Falkland Islands and New Zealand |
African hunting dog
hyena dog
Cape hunting dog
Lycaon pictus | a powerful doglike mammal of southern and eastern Africa that hunts in large packs, now rare in settled area |
pika
mouse hare
rock rabbit coney cony | small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America |
rock squirrel
Citellus variegatus | large grey ground squirrel of rocky areas of the southwestern United States |
rock hyrax
rock rabbit Procavia capensis | hyrax that lives in rocky areas |
African wild ass
Equus asinus | a wild ass of Africa |
green monkey
African green monkey
Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus | common savannah monkey with greenish-grey back and yellow tail |
African elephant
Loxodonta africana | an elephant native to Africa having enormous flapping ears and ivory tusks |
rock bass rock sunfish
Ambloplites rupestris | game and food fish of upper Mississippi and Great Lakes |
rock sea bass
rock bass Centropristis philadelphica | a kind of sea bass |
rock hind
Epinephelus adscensionis | found around rocky coasts or on reefs |
rock beauty
Holocanthus tricolor | gold and black butterflyfish found from West Indies to Brazil |
rock gunnel
butterfish Pholis gunnellus | slippery scaleless food fish of the northern Atlantic coastal waters |
bore bit
borer
rock drill
stone drill | a drill for penetrating rock |
kat
khat
qat
quat
cat Arabian tea
African tea | the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea, has the effect of a euphoric stimulant, in Yemen kat is used daily by % of adults |
rock bit
roller bit | a drill bit that has hardened rotating rollers |
rock garden
rockery | a garden featuring rocks, usually alpine plants |
| rock opera | albums of rock music that aspired to the status of art, first appeared in the s |
| rock concert | a performance of rock music |
African American Vernacular English
AAVE
African American English
Black English
Black English Vernacular
Black Vernacular
Black Vernacular English
Ebonics | a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States |
Afrikaans
Taal
South African Dutch | an official language of the Republic of South Africa, closely related to Dutch and Flemish |
| West African | a group of languages spoken in the extreme western part of West Africa |
black music
African-American music | music created by African-American musicians, early forms were songs that had a melodic line and a strong rhythmic beat with repeated choruses |