'Chaparral cock' definitions:

Definition of 'chaparral cock'

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

Definition of 'Chaparral cock'

From: GCIDE
  • Chaparral \Cha`par*ral"\, n. [Sp., fr. chaparro an evergeen oak.]
  • 1. A thicket of low evergreen oaks. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. An almost impenetrable thicket or succession of thickets of thorny shrubs and brambles. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster +PJC] chapati

Definition of 'Chaparral cock'

From: GCIDE
  • Cock \Cock\ (k[o^]k), n. [AS. coc; of unknown origin, perh. in imitation of the cry of the cock. Cf. Chicken.]
  • 1. The male of birds, particularly of gallinaceous or domestic fowls. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock. [1913 Webster]
  • Drenched our steeples, drowned the cocks! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A chief man; a leader or master. [Humorous] [1913 Webster]
  • Sir Andrew is the cock of the club, since he left us. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. The crow of a cock, esp. the first crow in the morning; cockcrow. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • He begins at curfew, and walks till the first cock. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. A faucet or valve. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Jonsons says, "The handle probably had a cock on the top; things that were contrived to turn seem anciently to have had that form, whatever was the reason." Skinner says, because it used to be constructed in forma crit[ae] galli, i.e., in the form of a cock's comb. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. The style of gnomon of a dial. --Chambers. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. The indicator of a balance. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. The bridge piece which affords a bearing for the pivot of a balance in a clock or watch. --Knight. [1913 Webster]
  • 9. a penis. [vulgar] [PJC]
  • Ball cock. See under Ball.
  • Chaparral cock. See under Chaparral.
  • Cock and bull story, an extravagant, boastful story; a canard.
  • Cock of the plains (Zool.) See Sage cock.
  • Cock of the rock (Zool.), a South American bird ({Rupicola aurantia}) having a beautiful crest.
  • Cock of the walk, a chief or master; the hero of the hour; one who has overcrowed, or got the better of, rivals or competitors.
  • Cock of the woods. See Capercailzie. [1913 Webster]