woodlarkn.
/ˈwʊdlɑːk/, U.S. /ˈwʊdˌlɑrk/ A species of lark ( Alauda arborea) which perches on trees; distinguished from the skylark by having a shorter tail, more variegated plumage, and a different song.
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c1325 Gloss. W. de Bibbesw. in Wright Voc. 164 La calaundre [gloss wode-larke].
c1340 Nominale (Skeat) 808 Esperuer tele et chalaundre and wodelarke.
1544 W. Turner Avium Præcipuarum sig. Ev Superset tertium galertiæ genus, Germanis copera. Marg. a uuodlerck.
1686 R. Blome Gentlemans Recreation ii. xxxi. 168 The Sky-Lark is more hardy than the Wood-Lark, and less troublesom to keep.
1789 G. White Naturalist's Summer-Evening Walk in Nat. Hist. Selborne 69 (note) In hot summer nights woodlarks soar to a prodigious height and hang singing in the air.
1818 J. Keats Walking in Scotl. 14 Wood-lark may sing from sandy fern.
1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise 190 Mid them [sc. yew-trees] did the woodlark flit, Or sang well sheltered from the wind.
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