cock of the rock

1. 1.

   bird of the Andes similar to Rupicola rupicola

   SynonymsRupicola peruviana

   Broadercotinga
2. 2.

   tropical bird of northern South America the male having brilliant red or orange plumage and an erectile disklike crest

   SynonymsRupicola rupicola

   Broadercotinga

   Part ofRupicola

Questions about cock of the rock

What does cock of the rock mean?

cock of the rock means "bird of the Andes similar to Rupicola rupicola". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for cock of the rock?

Close synonyms include Rupicola peruviana, Rupicola rupicola. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cock of the rock a common word?

cock of the rock is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.