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skylark

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Skylark  \Sky"lark`\,  n.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  lark  that  mounts  and  sings  as  it  files,  especially  the 
  common  species  ({Alauda  arvensis})  found  in  Europe  and  in 
  some  parts  of  Asia,  and  celebrated  for  its  melodious  song;  -- 
  called  also  {sky  laverock}.  See  under  {Lark}. 
 
  Note:  The  Australian  skylark  ({Cincloramphus  cantillans})  is 
  a  pipit  which  has  the  habit  of  ascending 
  perpendicularly  like  a  skylark,  but  it  lacks  the  song 
  of  a  true  lark.  The  Missouri  skylark  is  a  pipit 
  ({Anthus  Spraguei})  of  the  Western  United  States, 
  resembling  the  skylark  in  habit  and  song. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  skylark 
  n  :  brown-speckled  European  lark  noted  for  singing  while 
  hovering  at  a  great  height  [syn:  {Alauda  arvensis}] 
  v  1:  play  or  romp  around  "The  children  frolicked  in  the  garden"; 
  "the  gamboling  lambs  in  the  meadows"  [syn:  {frolic},  {lark}, 
  {rollick},  {disport},  {sport},  {cavort},  {gambol},  {frisk}, 
  {romp},  {run  around},  {lark  about}] 
  2:  play  jokes  or  romp;  play  boisterously;  "The  children  were 
  skylarking  in  the  forest"




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