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rotche definition

rotche or rotch (räc̸h)

noun

dovekie

Etymology: for earlier rotge < Du rotje, brant goose, prob. via Fl rotgoes < Norw ròtgȧs < ON hrotgás < *hrot-, echoic of its cry + gás, akin to OE gos, goose

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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