\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}