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Definition of Roadrunners
1. roadrunner [n] - See also: roadrunner
Lexicographical Neighbors of Roadrunners
Literary usage of Roadrunners
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"roadrunners: Activity of Captive Individuals Abstract. Two roadrunners, Geococcyx
californianus, readily accepted an activity wheel as an outlet for ..."
2. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1876)
"Upon inquiring the reason of their freedom from what I had considered an inevitable
pest, he informed me that a pair of roadrunners (Geococcyx californiens) ..."
3. Recreation by George O. Shields, American Canoe Association, League of American Sportsmen (1902)
"RATTLESNAKES AND roadrunners. The old story about the roadrunner fencing ...
I have never heard roadrunners chatter and had always believed them voiceless. ..."
4. Outdoor Heritage by Harold Child Bryant (1919)
"roadrunners have a strange appetite. They feed largely on lizards, ... Two facts
have given background for this myth: roadrunners sometimes kill and eat ..."
5. All About Animals Around the World by Lisa Vitarisi Mathews (2005)
"Explain to children that roadrunners are very fast birds! They can run at speeds
of up to ... Tell children that roadrunners prefer to run rather than fly. ..."
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