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short-toed, a.
[short a. 24.]
Having short toes; esp. in short-toed lark, any of various larks of the genera Calandrella and Spizocorys, which comprise small gregarious birds widely distributed in Europe, Africa, and Asia, esp. in deserts and steppes.
1837Gould Birds Europe IV. Pl. 256 Short-toed Ptarmigan. 1863T. C. Jerdon Birds of India II. i. 425 The short-toed Lark appears in India in October and November, in flocks. 1869–73T. R. Jones Cassell's Bk. Birds I. 198 The Short-toed Lark. 1933Discovery July 224/1 The short-toed lark, whose protective colouring makes him almost invisible on sandy soil. 1963Times 27 Feb. 11/6 Overhead range the 14 species of birds of prey, which breed here or within everyday range, including the imperial, short-toed and booted eagles. 1972Ali & Ripley Handbk. Birds India V. 21 Short-toed Larks become excessively fat before emigration and are then netted everywhere in vast quantities. 1980Howard & Moore Compl. Checklist Birds of World 347/1 Spizocorys starki (Stark's Short-toed Lark). Angola to W. Transvaal. |