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Noun: cock of the rock
  1. Bird of the Andes similar to Rupicola rupicola
    - Rupicola peruviana
     
  2. Tropical bird of northern South America the male having brilliant red or orange plumage and an erectile disklike crest
    - Rupicola rupicola

Derived forms: cocks of the rock

Type of: chatterer, cotinga

Part of: genus Rupicola, Rupicola

Encyclopedia: Cock of the rock