Definitions for roadrunnerˈroʊdˌrʌn ər
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
road•run•nerˈroʊdˌrʌn ər(n.)
either of two large terrestrial cuckoos of the genus Geococcyx of arid regions of the western U.S., Mexico, and Central America, esp.
G. californianus.
Category: Ornithology
Origin of roadrunner:
1855–60, Amer.
Princeton's WordNet
roadrunner, chaparral cock, Geococcyx californianus(noun)
speedy largely terrestrial bird found from California and Mexico to Texas
Wiktionary
roadrunner(Noun)
Either of two species of bird in the genus Geococcyx of the cuckoo family, native to North and Central America. They are fast runners.
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