chaparral (chaparal)

[Sp., Even the low, thorny chaparral was thick with pea-like blo om. R. L. Stevens on, Silver a do Squatters, p. 268. chaparral-cock (chap-a-ral'kok), n. The ground-cuckoo, road-runner, or paisano; a large terrestrial bird of the family Cuculida, IMG:content-0149.jpg:[graphic][subsumed] Chaparral-cock ( Geo coccyx california nus). the Geo coccyx california nus, a common species of the southwestern United States. See Geo coccyx.