"rocketer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: rocketers [plural]
Etymology: From rocket + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|rocket|er}} rocket + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} rocketer (plural rocketers)
  1. (hunting) A bird, especially a pheasant, which, being flushed, rises straight in the air like a rocket.

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