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Definition of Rockier
1. rocky [adj] - See also: rocky
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rockier
Literary usage of Rockier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of British Fishes by William Yarrell (1841)
"386. f, stellaris, Le rockier, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, stellare, Bounce, Ft.EM. Brit .
... Lt Squale rockier, ..."
2. Ordnance Survey of the County of Londonderry by Thomas Colby, Thomas Aiskew Larcom (1837)
"Such, however, was not the meaning of Lacepede, who contended against three, and
not against two species: his words, in describing the " rockier", ..."
3. British birds' eggs and nests, popularly described by John Christopher Atkinson (1861)
"Wild Pigeon, Rock Pigeon, Wild Dove, Doo, rockier.—This Pigeon has usually, until
not long since, been confused with the Stock Dove. ..."
4. Moving to Argentinaby Delores Johnson by Delores Johnson (2006)
"As we got nearer to Bariloche, the terrain was drier and drier, rockier and rockier.
Bariloche is at an elevation of between 3000 and 4000 feet. ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... for the public works from the southern rockier regions. This is peculiarly
true of North America, where copper was used extensively and fashioned not ..."
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