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Roadrunner

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Noun

1. chaparral cock, geococcyx californianus, roadrunner

speedy largely terrestrial bird found from California and Mexico to Texas

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Roadrunner

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noun
a terrestrial crested bird, Geococcyx californianus, of Central and S North America, having a streaked plumage and long tail: family Cuculidae (cuckoos)
. Also called: chaparral cock

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Roadrunner

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noun
a long-tailed, crested, desert cuckoo bird (Geococcyx californianus) of the SW U.S. and N Mexico, that can run swiftly
: also road runner

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Roadrunner

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n.
Either of two swift-running, ground-dwelling birds (Geococcyx californianus or G. velox) of North and Central America, having streaked brownish plumage, a brown and black crest, and a long tail. Also called chaparral cock.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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