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vrock

vrock noun: a humanoid demon with the head, claws, and wings of a giant vulture.

Noun

vrock (plural vrocks)

  1. A humanoid demon with the head, claws, and wings of a giant vulture.
    • If you play with certain demons (mariliths, vrocks, hezrous, bone devils, nalfeshnees, pit fiends, or water demons), you could eventually get Yeenoghu anywhere, and then he could get you Demo.2001, Kate Nepveu, “some tough questions?”, in rec.games.roguelike.nethack (Usenet)
    • The hag, after seeing her threats had no effect on Liann, left her alone, though usually watched over by the vrock.2005, Trina L. Talma, River's End, page 28

Forms of vrock

pluralvrocks

Origin of vrock

Introduced in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game in the 1970s. Possibly related to Swedish vråk (“buzzard”).

Questions about vrock

What does vrock mean?
Vrock means a humanoid demon with the head, claws, and wings of a giant vulture.
What part of speech is vrock?
Vrock is a noun.
What is the plural of vrock?
The plural of vrock is vrocks.

Words near vrock in the dictionary

  1. VRMs
  2. vrna
  3. vrnas
  4. vro
  5. Vrobel
  6. vrock
  7. vrocks
  8. Vrolik's Syndrome
  9. vrom
  10. Vroman
  11. Vroman effect

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