Found 2 items, similar to road runner.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: road runner
road runner
n : someone who participates in long-distance races (especially
in marathons) [syn:
marathoner,
marathon runner,
long-distance runner
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: road runner
Chaparral
\Cha`par*ral"\, n. [Sp., fr. chaparro an evergeen
oak.]
1. A thicket of low evergreen oaks.
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2. An almost impenetrable thicket or succession of thickets
of thorny shrubs and brambles.
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Chaparral cock; fem.
Chaparral hen (Zo["o]l.), a bird of
the cuckoo family (
Geococcyx Californianus), noted for
running with great speed. It ranges from California to
Mexico and eastward to Texas; -- called also
road runner
,
ground cuckoo,
churea, and
snake killer. It
is the state bird of New Mexico.
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