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chaparral cock

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chaparral cock

n
(Animals) another name for roadrunner
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
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Noun1.chaparral cock - speedy largely terrestrial bird found from California and Mexico to Texaschaparral cock - speedy largely terrestrial bird found from California and Mexico to Texas
cuckoo - any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail
genus Geococcyx, Geococcyx - roadrunners
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7 How is the chaparral cock, a ground cuckoo native of Mexico, better known?