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- adjective Killed by a
road vehicle (used of animals).
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Examples
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A young male roadkilled cougar wouldn't neccesrally indicate a local breeding population, but would perhaps suggest that there was a breeding population within say 100 miles or so (young lions are stealthy and can travel far).
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A young male roadkilled cougar wouldn't neccesrally indicate a local breeding population, but would perhaps suggest that there was a breeding population within say 100 miles or so (young lions are stealthy and can travel far).
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Last year He picked up roadkilled Coyote and a Skunk that was almost totally white.
Weird and White 2008
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While the vast majority of these Oscar precursors carry the predictive value of a telephone psychic reading the entrails of a roadkilled squirrel she says she found near the Kodak Theatre, Thursday's announcement of the Directors Guild Award nominees carries real weight.
And the Nominees Almost Definitely Are...: Mark Lisanti Lisanti, Mark 2009
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While the vast majority of these Oscar precursors carry the predictive value of a telephone psychic reading the entrails of a roadkilled squirrel she says she found near the Kodak Theatre, Thursday's announcement of the Directors Guild Award nominees carries real weight.
Guessing the Nominees: Little Gold Men Movie Blog Lopez, John 2009
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Deer Dehorning Scandal: Citizens raise a ruckus after police remove antlers of roadkilled buck
Deer Dehorning Scandal: Citizens raise a ruckus after police remove antlers of roadkilled buck Dave Hurteau 2006
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Deer Dehorning Scandal: Citizens raise a ruckus after police remove antlers of roadkilled buck | Field & Stream
Deer Dehorning Scandal: Citizens raise a ruckus after police remove antlers of roadkilled buck Dave Hurteau 2006
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Now, why would one want to carve up roadkilled or poached antelope carcasses you might ask?
grouse Diary Entry grouse 2008
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If you are unlucky enough to hit a moose with your car, the moose you roadkilled will be called by the police and picked up by someone on the top of what I heard called the 'moose list'.
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Deer Dehorning Scandal: Citizens raise a ruckus after police remove antlers of roadkilled buck
Deer Dehorning Scandal: Citizens raise a ruckus after police remove antlers of roadkilled buck Dave Hurteau 2006
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