"roadkilled" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From road + killed. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|road|killed}} road + killed Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} roadkilled (not comparable)
  1. Killed by a road vehicle (used of animals). Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-roadkilled-en-adj-sujqvXrc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry
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          "ref": "2005, Dennis Walrod, Antlers: a guide to collecting, scoring, mounting, and carving",
          "text": "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.",
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