Definition of Roadrunners

1. Noun. (plural of roadrunner) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Roadrunners

1. roadrunner [n] - See also: roadrunner

Lexicographical Neighbors of Roadrunners

roadlike
roadmaker
roadmakers
roadman
roadmap
roadmaps
roadmaster
roadmasters
roadmen
roadmender
roadmenders
roadmending
roadometer
roadometers
roadrunner
roadrunners (current term)
roads
roadshow
roadshowed
roadshowing
roadshown
roadshows
roadside
roadside bomb
roadside hawk
roadside hawks
roadside thistle
roadside thistles
roadsides
roadsman

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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