"rockier" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{head|en|comparative adjective}} rockier
  1. comparative form of rocky: more rocky Tags: comparative, form-of Form of: rocky (extra: more rocky)
    Sense id: en-rockier-en-adj-IkdE32ME
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: rockiers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} rockier (plural rockiers)
  1. (UK, dialect, archaic) A small blue dove. Tags: UK, archaic, dialectal
    Sense id: en-rockier-en-noun-TnocYTQH Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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