meadowlark en · NOUN
Etymology
From meadow + lark.
Meanings
- The meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis).
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Any of several songbirds of the genera Sturnella and Leistes, native to the Americas.
Your voice is like a meadowlark / But your heart is like an ocean / Mysterious and dark
1976, Bob Dylan, “One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)”, in Desire:But the meadowlark acts by instinct, not by plan.
1950, Dorothy M. Johnson, Flame on the Frontier; in Indian Country, London: Corgi, 1961, page 13:Closing it behind me and away I do run / To the meadow where the meadowlark is singing in the trees
1971, Dolly Parton, “Early Morning Breeze”:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| meadowlarks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
western meadowlark · Western meadowlark · eastern meadowlark · long-tailed meadowlark
Translations (17)
csm juk·ulu- (songbird of Sturnella or Leistes) · de Lerchenstärling (songbird of Sturnella or Leistes) · cy ehedydd maes y Dwyrain (songbird of Sturnella or Leistes) · de Wiesenlerche (songbird of Sturnella or Leistes) · es pradero (songbird of Sturnella or Leistes) · ja マキバドリ (songbird of Sturnella or Leistes) · ru лугово́й жа́воронок (songbird of Sturnella or Leistes) · cs vlhovec (songbird of Sturnella or Leistes) · nv tsiiyah wozhii (songbird of Sturnella or Leistes) · da englærke (songbird of Sturnella or Leistes) · pl wojak (songbird of Sturnella or Leistes) · ja 牧場鳥 (songbird of Sturnella or Leistes) · unm chichikënëmwikënhwis (songbird of Sturnella or Leistes) · es chirlobirlo (songbird of Sturnella or Leistes) · ca pradenca (songbird of Sturnella or Leistes) · fr sturnelle (songbird of Sturnella or Leistes) · de Wiesenstärling (songbird of Sturnella or Leistes)