chaparral cock

British  

noun

1. another name for roadrunner

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chaparral cock

"The chaparral cock, who sat on the horn of the deer, and the crow who sat on its backbone."

From Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest by Katharine Berry Judson

The first crier replied, "The chaparral cock, who sat on the horn of the deer, and the crow, who sat on its backbone."

From Ceremonial of Hasjelti Dailjis and Mythical Sand Painting of the Navajo Indians by James Stevenson

Frightened by the voice and the thunder of hoofs, a chaparral cock darted from beneath the horse's nose.

From Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories by Elizabeth Ashe

A chaparral cock strutted from its decapitated enemy, a rattlesnake, and disappeared in the chaparral.

From Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up by Clarence Edward Mulford

Olla or water jar decorated with figures of deer, growing plants, and the gentile quail of chaparral cock.

From Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained from the Pueblos of Zuñi, New Mexico, and Wolpi, Arizona, in 1881 Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 511-594 by James Stevenson