单词 | lark sparrow |
释义 | > as lemmaslark sparrow lark sparrow n. a large North American sparrow, Chondestes grammacus (family Passerellidae), having dark-streaked brown upperparts, distinctive black, white, and chestnut markings on the head, and (in the male) a song thought to resemble that of a lark. ΚΠ 1859 S. F. Baird Catal. N. Amer. Birds (Smithsonian Inst. Publ. 108) 9/2 Passerculus alaudinus, Bonap. Lark Sparrow. 1938 D. C. Peattie Prairie Grove xxxiii. 234 The lark sparrows..went chittering in anger before the struggling mules. 2019 R. Wright Sparrows N. Amer. 296/1 The adult Lark Sparrow, with its long wing, fanlike, lavishly white-tipped tail, and strikingly heavy maquillage, is indeed virtually unmistakable. < as lemmas |
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