The roadrunner is a bird also known as the "Chaparral Cock" in Texas.
Source: tatoeba (9955024)
Roadrunner
//ˈɹəʊdˌɹʌnə//
Synonyms for "roadrunner" (5 found)
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Closest matches (1)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (2)
Noun(2 words)
Related words (2)
Noun(2 words)
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Translations
45 translations across 39 languages.
American Sign Language
1 entries- 𝠃𝤑𝦔𝤁𝡸𝤁𝢚𝣼𝢮𝤁𝣁𝤁𝣣𝤁𝤅𝣻𝤧𝣻𝥅𝤁𝥣𝤁𝥶 noun (fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx)
Arabic
1 entries- جواب noun (fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx)
Bulgarian
2 entries- бя́гаща ку́кувица noun (fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx)
- зе́мна ку́кувица noun (fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx)
Cahuilla
1 entries- puuish noun (fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx)
Catalan
1 entries- correcamins noun (fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx)
Czech
1 entries- kukačka kohoutí noun (fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx)
Dutch
1 entries- renkoekoek noun (fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx)
Esperanto
1 entries- vojkurulo noun (fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx)
Estonian
1 entries- jooksurkägu noun (fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx)
Finnish
1 entries- juoksukäki noun (fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx)
French
1 entries- géocoucou noun (fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx)
German
1 entries- Rennkuckucke noun (fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx)
Greek
1 entries- γεωκόκκυγας noun (fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx)
Hebrew
1 entries- קוקייה רצנית noun (fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx)
Hungarian
1 entries- gyalogkakukk noun (fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx)
Icelandic
1 entries- sprettgaukur noun (fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx)
Irish
1 entries- reathaí an bhóthair noun (fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx)
Italian
1 entries- corridore della strada noun (fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx)
Japanese
3 entries- ミチバシリ noun (fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx)
- ロードランナー noun (fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx)
- 道走 noun (fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx)
Korean
1 entries- 로드러너 noun (fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx)
Macedonian
1 entries- земна кукавица noun (fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx)
Navajo
1 entries- naatsédlózii noun (fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx)
North Frisian
1 entries- räänkukütjen noun (fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- løpegjøker noun (fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx)
- veiløpere noun (fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx)
O'odham
1 entries- taḏai noun (fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx)
Persian
1 entries- کوکوی دونده noun (fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx)
Polish
1 entries- kukawka noun (fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx)
Portuguese
1 entries- papa-léguas noun (fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx)
Romanian
1 entries- cucul alergător noun (fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx)
Russian
1 entries- куку́шка-подоро́жник noun (fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx)
San Miguel el Grande Mixtec
1 entries- súhūn noun (fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx)
San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo
2 entries- toonꞌ noun (fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx)
- tooꞌn noun (fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- ptica trkačica noun (fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx)
- trkač noun (fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx)
Spanish
1 entries- correcaminos noun (fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx)
Swedish
1 entries- tuppgökar noun (fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx)
Turkish
1 entries- koşar gugukla noun (fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx)
Ukrainian
1 entries- таязура-подорожник noun (fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx)
Vietnamese
1 entries- Chi Chẹo đất noun (fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx)
Xicotepec de Juárez Totonac
1 entries- pūꞌyūꞌt noun (fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
The roadrunner gets its moisture largely from its omnivorous diet, which includes lizards and small rattlesnakes.
Source: tatoeba (11023001)
The only living things we met upon these llanos were the jack rabbits and an occasional roadrunner, which birds were very tame.
Source: tatoeba (11026384)
Just then one of my eyes saw a roadrunner skipping down the hill with a young tarantula in his bill, and the other eye noticed a rabbit-hawk sitting on a dead limb in a water-elm.
Source: tatoeba (11026392)
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