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Audio Help [shap-uh-ral, chap-] Pronunciation Key –noun Southwestern U.S.
| a dense growth of shrubs or small trees. |
[Origin: 1835–45, Americanism; < Sp, equiv. to chaparr(o) evergreen oak (< Basque tshapar) + -al collective suffix
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[Spanish, from chaparro, evergreen oak, from Basque txapar, diminutive of saphar, thicket.] |
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chaparral
1850, Amer.Eng., from Sp. chaparro "evergreen oak," perhaps from Basque txapar.
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| chaparral | |
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| dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes [syn: scrub] |
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Chaparral, NM (CDP, FIPS 14250) Location: 32.02593 N, 106.39946 W
Population (1990): 2962 (1020 housing units)
Area: 14.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 88021
| U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau |
Chaparral
Cha`par*ral"\, n. [Sp., fr. chaparro an evergeen oak.]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 (Zo["o]l.), 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 .| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Chaparral
Cock\, 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. 2. A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock. Drenched our steeples, drowned the cocks! --Shak. 3. A chief man; a leader or master. [Humorous] Sir Andrew is the cock of the club, since he left us. --Addison. 4. The crow of a cock, esp. the first crow in the morning; cockcrow. [Obs.] He begins at curfew, and walks till the first cock. --Shak. 5. A faucet or valve. Note: Jonsons says, "The handly 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. 6. The style of gnomon of a dial. --Chambers. 7. The indicator of a balance. --Johnson. 8. The bridge piece which affords a bearing for the pivot of a balance in a clock or watch. --Knight. Ball cock. See under Ball. Chaparral cock. See under Chaparral. Cock and bull story, an extravagant, boastful story; a canard. Cock of the plains (Zo["o]l.) See Sage cock. Cock of the rock (Zo["o]l.), 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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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