roadkilled

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adjective

Killed by a road vehicle (used of animals).

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Meanings

adjectiveroadkilled (not comparable)
  1. not comparableKilled by a road vehicle (used of animals).

    In most parts of the United States, only about one out of five roadkilled deer will be an antlered buck . . . and by the next day, it will still be a dead buck, but it won't still be antlered if someone else has beaten you to it.

    2005, Dennis Walrod, Antlers: a guide to collecting, scoring, mounting, and carving

Origin

From road + killed.

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APA

roadkilled. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roadkilled

MLA

“roadkilled.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roadkilled. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “roadkilled,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roadkilled.

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