Definition of meadowlark in English:
meadowlark
nounˈmɛdəʊlɑːkˈmɛdoʊˌlɑrk
A ground-dwelling songbird of the American blackbird family, with a brown streaky back and yellow and black underparts.
Genus Sturnella, family Icteridae: five species, in particular the eastern meadowlark (S. magna)
Example sentencesExamples
- The meadowlarks and magpies would gather right outside.
- Western meadowlark and mink prefer narrow grass buffers.
- Here is a meadowlark atop a regal walnut, next to it a young nectarine tree girdled with compost.
- I did see other signs of spring including listening to eastern meadowlarks and eastern bluebirds.
- Based on the song of a meadowlark he had heard in the Dakotas, McKay wrote Song Over the Great Plains to be another nature piece.
Definition of meadowlark in US English:
meadowlark
nounˈmɛdoʊˌlɑrkˈmedōˌlärk
A ground-dwelling songbird of the American blackbird family, with a brown streaky back and yellow and black underparts.
Genus Sturnella, family Icteridae: five species, in particular the yellow-breasted eastern meadowlark (S. magna) and western meadowlark (S. neglecta)
Example sentencesExamples
- Here is a meadowlark atop a regal walnut, next to it a young nectarine tree girdled with compost.
- The meadowlarks and magpies would gather right outside.
- Western meadowlark and mink prefer narrow grass buffers.
- I did see other signs of spring including listening to eastern meadowlarks and eastern bluebirds.
- Based on the song of a meadowlark he had heard in the Dakotas, McKay wrote Song Over the Great Plains to be another nature piece.