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Opossum or raccoon seen on the highway shoulder, perhaps
Answer for the clue "Opossum or raccoon seen on the highway shoulder, perhaps ", 8 letters:
roadkill
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Roadkill is a live album released by the band Manilla Road in 1988 on Black Dragon Records .
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And that makes a big difference when you are selling roadkill . ▪ In Oregon, removal of a roadkill can carry a maximum fine of $ 2, 500 and a year in jail. ▪ Scavengers such as foxes, magpies and crows eat roadkill . ▪ They fly ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
roadkill \road"kill\, n. sing. & pl. The body of an animal killed by a vehicle on a road; as, it is illegal in most places for a restaurant to serve roadkill as food for people. Also used metaphorically; as, ``roadkill on the information superhighway'' ...
Usage examples of roadkill.
He was all set to give me his room which he shared with Roadkill, his girlfriend, while they decanted to the loft, but on viewing the room and the state of the plaster on the walls, I suggested that the loft might be more suitable for me, as I could rig my hammock safely between two of the roof trusses.
I recognized clubs from all up and down the Coast: Vampires, Roadkill, Black Widows.
Most of the kids in Missing Mile had something weird about them: their fathers had died in the big fire at the old cotton mill, or their mothers worked as strippers in Raleigh, or they lived out on Violin Road and were so poor, the rumor went, that they had to eat roadkill.
Nearly all the citizenry of Harney had occasionally come across Skink and his fresh roadkills, and the general assumption was that he ate the dead critters, though no one could say for a fact.