What is a bird, especially a pheasant, which, being flushed, rises straight in the air like a rocket. [Eng.] called?
rocketer — A bird, especially a pheasant, which, being flushed, rises straight in the air like a rocket. [Eng.]. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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