chaparral cock
noun
another name for roadrunner
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How to use chaparral cock in a sentence
Finally it was shot, and is now known as the chaparral cock.
Two Wars: An Autobiography of General Samuel G. French | Samuel Gibbs FrenchA chaparral cock strutted from its decapitated enemy, a rattlesnake, and disappeared in the chaparral.
Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up | Clarence Edward MulfordThis was the home of the crow, but there were other feathered people there, and the chaparral cock.
Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest | Katharine Berry JudsonThe chaparral cock, who sat on the horn of the deer, and the crow who sat on its backbone.
Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest | Katharine Berry Judson
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