vrock

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noun

A humanoid demon with the head, claws, and wings of a giant vulture.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

nounvrock (plural vrocks)

plural vrocks

  1. fantasyA humanoid demon with the head, claws, and wings of a giant vulture.

    The hag, after seeing her threats had no effect on Liann, left her alone, though usually watched over by the vrock.

    2005, Trina L. Talma, River's End, page 28
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    If you play with certain demons (mariliths, vrocks, hezrous, bone devils, nalfeshnees, pit fiends, or water demons), you could eventually get Yeenoghu anywhere, and then he could get you Demo.

    2001, Kate Nepveu, “some tough questions?”, in rec.games.roguelike.nethack (Usenet)

Origin

  1. Swedishvråk“buzzard”
  2. Englishvrock

Introduced in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game in the 1970s. Possibly related to Swedish vråk (“buzzard”).

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APA

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MLA

“vrock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vrock. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vrock,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vrock.

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