English Explanatory Dictionary

rockhopper

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-rockhopper.wav

Word forms

rockhopper rockhoppers

Etymology

From rock + hopper.

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