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R0267000 (rōd′rŭn′ər)n. Either of two swift-running, ground-dwelling birds (Geococcyx californianus or G. velox) of North and Central America, having streaked brownish plumage, a brown and black crest, and a long tail. Also called chaparral cock.

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(ˈrəʊdˌrʌnə) n (Animals) a terrestrial crested bird, Geococcyx californianus, of Central and S North America, having a streaked plumage and long tail: family Cuculidae (cuckoos). Also called: chaparral cock

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n. either of two large terrestrial cuckoos of the genus Geococcyx of arid regions of the western U.S., Mexico, and Central America, esp. G. californianus. [1855–60, Amer.]

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roadrunner - speedy largely terrestrial bird found from California and Mexico to Texaschaparral cock, Geococcyx californianuscuckoo - any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tailgenus Geococcyx, Geococcyx - roadrunners

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The first supercomputer to reach one petaFLOPS (one quadrillion floating point operations per second). Running under Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Roadrunner comprises 12,960 Cell chips, 6,948 dual-core AMD chips and 80 terabytes of memory. Developed by IBM for Los Alamos National Labs and achieving its record performance in 2008, Roadrunner weighs in at 250 tons, much larger than the behemoth computers of the 1950s. It takes up an area approximately 100 by 120 feet. Although Roadrunner soaks up nearly four megawatts of power, its performance is that of 100,000 fast laptop computers and is actually more energy efficient than many of its peers. See supercomputer and Cell chip.

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noun speedy largely terrestrial bird found from California and Mexico to Texas

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