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In Mexico and the south-western United States: the roadrunner (genus Geococcyx).
Either of two slender, long-tailed, crested, fast-running American birds of the genus Geococcyx (family Cuculidae), found in arid country; esp. (more…
a species of cuckoo (Geococcyx californianus) in the west of North America.