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rotche Ornith.|rɒtʃ|
Also rotch, roach, and rotchie.
[A later form of rotge, but the precise source is not clear.]
The little auk.
α1809A. Edmondston Zetland Isl. II. 274 Alca Alle, Rotche, Greenland Rotche. 1843Yarrell Brit. Birds III. 358 The Little Auk, or Common Rotche,..is only a winter visiter to the British Islands. 1894Newton Dict. Birds 797 In Smith Sound the Rotche is said not to breed below lat. 68° or above 79°.
β1820W. Scoresby Acc. Arctic Reg. I. 536, I..have observed it in pursuit of the rotch. 1831Rennie Montagu's Ornith. Dict. 438 The Rotch has sometimes been found dead very remote from the sea. 1841Proc. Berw. Nat. Club I. 255 The Mergulus alce, rotch, a species that breeds in very high latitudes.
γ1820W. Scoresby Acc. Arctic Reg. I. 528 Alca Alle, the Little Auk, or Roach. 1823― Jrnl. 142 An immense quantity of roaches..flew past the ship towards the west. |