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单词 roadrunner
释义

roadrunner

/ˈrəʊdrʌnə /
noun
A slender fast-running bird of the cuckoo family, found chiefly in arid country from the southern US to Central America.
  • Genus Geococcyx, family Cuculidae: two species, in particular the (greater) roadrunner (G. californianus).
In one intriguing trackway, the footfalls of a fringe-toed lizard were paralleled by the prints of a roadrunner, a lizard-eating bird....
  • I've stumbled upon quail amidst the redwoods, roadrunners in the Hill Country, and a colony of flamingo in the heart of Hong Kong.
  • In this landscape ringed by red-rock hills that take on a spectacular hue at sunset, small pleasures - fleeting glimpses of roadrunners, stretches of freshly paved road - are unexpectedly gratifying.
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