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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Cha·par·ral n.
 1. A thicket of low evergreen oaks.
 2. An almost impenetrable thicket or succession of thickets of thorny shrubs and brambles.
 Chaparral cock; fem. Chaparral hen Zool., a bird of the cuckoo family (Geococcyx Californianus), noted for running with great speed. It ranges from California to Mexico and eastward to Texas; -- called also road runner, ground cuckoo, churea, and snake killer.  It is the state bird of New Mexico.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Geococcyx californianus
      n : speedy largely terrestrial bird found from California and
          Mexico to Texas [syn: roadrunner, chaparral cock]