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roadrunner
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Wiktionary
n. Either of two species of bird in the genus ''Geococcyx'' of the cuckoo family, native to North and Central America. They are fast runners.
WordNet
n. speedy largely terrestrial bird found from California and Mexico to Texas [syn: chaparral cock, Geococcyx californianus]
Wikipedia
Roadrunners are birds of the genus Geococcyx.
Roadrunner or Road Runner may also refer to:
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The Road Runner, an animated character based on the bird
- The Road Runner Show, compiled cartoons including the character
- Road Runner (video game), a 1985 platform game
- Plymouth Road Runner, a type of automobile, eponymous for the cartoon character
- Roadrunner (magazine), about motorcycle touring
- Roadrunner Network, Inc., a visual effects firm based in the Philippines
The roadrunner (genus Geococcyx), also known as a chaparral bird or chaparral cock, is a fast-running ground cuckoo that has a long tail and a crest. It is found in the southwestern United States and Mexico, usually in the desert. Some have been clocked at .
RoadRUNNER is a bimonthly publication covering motorcycle touring. It is based out of Winston-Salem, NC, and first appeared in the bookstores in 2001. It is also available via subscription in the U.S. and Canada. Contents include coverage of tours, product reviews, and maps for the featured tour. In addition to sports, touring, cruising and dual-sport bikes, the magazine also covers vintage bikes, and motor scooters, which are a newly emerging sector on the transportation market. RoadRUNNER was started by Christian and Christa Neuhauser in 2001.
"Roadrunner" is a song written by Jonathan Richman and recorded in various versions by Richman and his band, in most cases credited as the Modern Lovers.
Critic Greil Marcus described it as "the most obvious song in the world, and the strangest". Rolling Stone ranked it #274 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
RoadRunner was a post-production firm based in Quezon City, Philippines. It is a division of Star Cinema. In addition to films, Roadrunner is also heavily engaged in the production of commercial advertisement for television, print and internet.
Roadrunner is an album released by the Finnish rock band Hurriganes in 1974. It is considered one of the most influential albums in Finnish rock music history. It was the best selling Finnish album in years 1974-1985 and has sold over 170 000 copies in Finland. The album was recorded in Stockholm, Sweden at Marcus Music studios. The album cover features the band members sitting on a backseat of a Cadillac in Ruskeasuo, Helsinki. The cover has been chosen many times as the best album cover in Finland.
Usage examples of "roadrunner".
He had no call to tell a Papago mule that roadrunners patrolled for snakes, lizards, and bugs early in the morning or late in the afternoon.
Coyotes watched them from the ridges, roadrunners darted across the road in front of them, and a bobcat was startled into immobility by the unfamiliar presence of the truck before it faded away into the brush.
Frederick scowled as a trio of Roadrunners sped past the cab, honking, their red-clad riders bent low over their necks.
It was a muscle car, a Plymouth Roadrunner, red as a candy apple, half a block away.
Since becoming a roadrunner he had discovered that, in Ne-Issan, the unbridgable gulf between the various clans had been forcibly broken down.