Found 3 hits - Term: skylark, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
skylark \sky"lark`\, n. zool.
a lark that mounts and sings as it files, especially the
common species alauda arvensis found in europe and in
some parts of asia, and celebrated for its melodious song; --
called also sky laverock. see under lark.
1913 webster
note: the australian skylark cincloramphus cantillans is
a pipit which has the habit of ascending
perpendicularly like a skylark, but it lacks the song
of a true lark. the missouri skylark is a pipit
anthus spraguei of the western united states,
resembling the skylark in habit and song.
1913 webster
see also:
alauda arvensis sky laverock lark cincloramphus cantillans anthus spraguei
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
skylark
n : brown-speckled european lark noted for singing while
hovering at a great height syn: alauda arvensis
v : play boisterously; "the children frolicked in the garden";
"the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "the toddlers
romped in the playroom" syn: frolic, lark, rollick,
disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp,
run around, lark about
see also:
alauda arvensis frolic lark rollick disport sport
cavort gambol frisk romp run around
lark about
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
21 moby thesaurus words for "skylark":
carouse, celebrate, cut loose, debauch, hell around, jollify,
jolly, lark, let go, let loose, let off steam, make merry,
make whoopee, raise hell, revel, roister, see life, spree,
step out, wanton, whoop it up
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