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rockhoppers

rockhoppers is the plural of rockhopper.

Meaning of rockhopper

Noun

rockhopper (plural rockhoppers)

  1. A rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes spp.).
  2. Any of the order Archaeognatha of jumping bristletails.
  3. A disk on the bottom of a trawler-net that lifts when it hits a rock or bump, raising the net, preventing damage to the net or the seafloor.

Questions about rockhoppers

What is rockhoppers the plural of?
Rockhoppers is the plural of rockhopper.

Words near rockhoppers in the dictionary

  1. rockhole
  2. rockholes
  3. rockhopper
  4. rockhopper penguin
  5. rockhopper penguins
  6. rockhoppers
  7. rockhound
  8. rockhounding
  9. rockhounds
  10. rockhouse
  11. rockhouses

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