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Definition of Roadkill
1. Noun. The dead body of an animal that has been killed on a road by a vehicle. "Vultures usually feed on carrion or roadkill"
Definition of Roadkill
1. Noun. (Chiefly American English) the killing of an animal by a road vehicle; the animal(s) so killed ¹
2. Noun. (context: by extension) a helpless victim ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Roadkill
1. an animal that has been killed on a road [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Roadkill
Literary usage of Roadkill
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Indicators of the Environmental Impacts of Transportation: Highway, Rail by Mark Corrales, Michael Grant, Evelyn Chan (2000)
"QUANTIFIED OUTPUT INDICATORS * An output indicator for roadkill is not ...
roadkill incidents in the initial few years of a road are at least double the ..."
2. Assessing and Managing the Ecological Impacts of Paved Roads by National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences (2005)
"Typically they are combined with high fencing and together are proven measures
to reduce roadkill and restore movements and regional connectivity. ..."
3. The 30 Trials of IX and the Angels by Mark Durant (2004)
"Chapter 13: The Horrors of Intention; The Double-Edged Sword; Indirect Prostration
The song took the form of roadkill—a frog and squirrel—before the angel ..."
4. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2006)
"... showing up for lunch with a brown bag full of dried squirrel jerky and mushrooms
and lemongrass was a surefire way to end up social roadkill in the high ..."
5. Adventure Guide to New Zealand by Bette Flagler (2005)
"They take life less seriously here with menu items like "roadkill of the day," "guess
this mess," and "billy goat's legs." You gotta stop in. SH6 ($-$$). ..."
6. Sowboy by Richard Connelly Miller (2003)
"roadkill? I get all I want to drink just so long as all I want is water or white
wine. George buys it wholesale by the hogshead and keeps it in the cooler. ..."
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