Definition of tarrock. Meaning of tarrock. Synonyms of tarrock

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Definition of tarrock

tarrock
Taring Tar"ing, n. (Zo["o]l.) The common tern; -- called also tarret, and tarrock. [Prov. Eng.]
Tarrock
Tarrock Tar"rock, n. [Greenland tattarock.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) The young of the kittiwake gull before the first molt. (b) The common guillemot. [Prov. Eng.] (c) The common tern.

Meaning of tarrock from wikipedia

- is from Late Latin paradisus, "paradise". The Scots names picktarnie, tarrock and their many variants are also believed to be onomatopoeic, derived from...
- and islets are nested by different birds, as the mute swan, fish hawk, tarrock, dabchick. People settled near the lake about 10 thousand years ago. Linguists...
- recorded from at least the seventeenth century. The Scots names picktarnie, tarrock and their many variants are also believed to be onomatopoeic, derived from...
- bright yellow and complete its mature plumage. The old fisherman's name of "tarrock" for juvenile kittiwakes is still occasionally used. The red-legged kittiwake...
- parrot, sea swallow, shearwater, s****drake, skua, smew, solan goose, tarrock, tern, tystey, willock". British ****ociation for the Advancement of Science...
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