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Webster 1913 Edition

Tarrock

Tar′rock

,
Noun.
[Greenland
tattarock
.]
(Zool.)
(a)
The young of the kittiwake gull before the first molt.
(b)
The common guillemot.
[Prov. Eng.]
(c)
The common tern.

Webster 1828 Edition

Tarrock

TAR'ROCK

,
Noun.
A sea fowl of the genus Larus or gull kind, the L. tridactylus. It is of the size of the common pigeon, and is remarkable for having no hind toe, but in lieu of it a small protuberance.

Definition 2024

tarrock

tarrock

English

Noun

tarrock ‎(plural tarrocks)

  1. (Northern Scotland) a young kittiwake.
  2. (Britain, dialect) The common guillemot.
  3. (Britain, dialect) The common tern.

Etymology

Greenlandic tattarock.

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