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Roadrunner

A roadrunner is:

in zoology, One of two species of bird in the genus Geococcyx of the cuckoo family Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes, native to North and central America.
a cartoon version of the Greater Roadrunner in the Warner Brothers Road Runner cartoons.
an ISP specializing in cable modem connections. The company is owned by AOL Time Warner and as such can use the Warner Brothers' Road Runner cartoon character for its logo.
a cocktail; see Roadrunner (cocktail)[?].

External link

DesertUSA page on the roadrunner (http://www.desertusa.com/road)

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