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roadkilled

roadkilled

English

Adjective

roadkilled (not comparable)

  1. Killed by a road vehicle (used of animals).
    • 2005, Dennis Walrod, Antlers: a guide to collecting, scoring, mounting, and carving
      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.