| 释义 |
▪ I. † rocquet Obs. rare.
Also roquet.
[? Adaptation of a native name.]
(See quots.)
The original source for the name and description is Rochefort Hist. Antilles (1658) i. xiii. 131.
1666J. Davies Hist. Caribby Isles 75 Besides these greater sorts of lizzards, there are in these islands..others which are much less; and these are called..Roquets. 1685R. Burton Eng. Emp. Amer. 196 The rocquet is a pretty animal in this isle. 1708Oldmixon Brit. Emp. II. 227 The Rocquet, an animal whose skin is like a wither'd leaf. 1753Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. s.v. Roquet.
▪ II. rocquet
obs. form of rocket n.1 |