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weathercock

noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about weathercock at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. Weathervane with a vane in the form of a rooster.

Origin

From Middle English wetharcoke, weþercok, wedercoc, wederkok, equivalent to weather + cock.

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