Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various songbirds of the genus Sturnella of the Americas, especially S. magna and S. neglecta, having brownish plumage, a yellow breast, and a black crescent-shaped marking beneath the throat.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A well-known bird of the family Icteridæ, or American starlings; the field-lark, Sturnella magna.
- noun The meadow-pipit, Anthus pratensis.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) Any species of Sturnella, a genus of North American songbirds allied to the starlings. The common species (
Sturnella magna ) has a yellow breast with a black crescent.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of several
songbirds , of the genusSturnella , native toNorth America
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun North American songbirds having a yellow breast
Etymologies
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Examples
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I told him that the only difference between the eastern and western meadowlark is the song they sing and, otherwise, there was no difference in their plumage.
Daniel Grant: Artwork That Is Judged on the Basis of Accuracy Daniel Grant 2010
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I told him that the only difference between the eastern and western meadowlark is the song they sing and, otherwise, there was no difference in their plumage.
Daniel Grant: Artwork That Is Judged on the Basis of Accuracy Daniel Grant 2010
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I told him that the only difference between the eastern and western meadowlark is the song they sing and, otherwise, there was no difference in their plumage.
Daniel Grant: Artwork That Is Judged on the Basis of Accuracy Daniel Grant 2010
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I told him that the only difference between the eastern and western meadowlark is the song they sing and, otherwise, there was no difference in their plumage.
Daniel Grant: Artwork That Is Judged on the Basis of Accuracy Daniel Grant 2010
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I told him that the only difference between the eastern and western meadowlark is the song they sing and, otherwise, there was no difference in their plumage.
Daniel Grant: Artwork That Is Judged on the Basis of Accuracy Daniel Grant 2010
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I told him that the only difference between the eastern and western meadowlark is the song they sing and, otherwise, there was no difference in their plumage.
Daniel Grant: Artwork That Is Judged on the Basis of Accuracy Daniel Grant 2010
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I can only assume that they have all hired little tailors to outfit them in meadowlark costumes to confuse me.
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The robin, the robin's nest, and the meadowlark are my favorites.
itibit sampler is finished! Gumbo Lily 2010
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Our so-called meadowlark is no lark at all, but a starling, and the titlark and shore lark breed and pass the summer far to the north, and are never heard in song in the United States.
The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton John Burroughs 1879
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Mallards, mergansers and dippers arrived, then black scoters, a pair of northern flickers, a northern harrier and a single western meadowlark.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
lampbane commented on the word meadowlark
I hear this word and I think of that episode of Pinky and the Brain where they did that take on Brian's Song (which was called, predictably enough, "Brain's Song") and Pinky's character was named "Meadowlark Lemon."
November 15, 2007
reesetee commented on the word meadowlark
As in the Harlem Globetrotters player?
November 15, 2007
lampbane commented on the word meadowlark
Suddenly that episode became a whole lot funnier.
November 15, 2007
reesetee commented on the word meadowlark
:-)
November 15, 2007