lark
21Lark — This picturesque and unusual name is of Medieval English origin and is either a nickname for a merry, cheerful person or a metonymic occupational name for someone who hunted and sold the birds for the cooking pot! The derivation of this surname… …
22lark — I n. prank for a lark (he did it just for a lark) II n. type of bird larks sing, warble * * * [lɑːk] warble [ type of bird ] larks sing [ prank ] for a lark (he did it just for a lark) …
23lark´er — lark1 «lahrk», noun. 1. a small songbird of Europe, Asia, America, and northern Africa, with brown feathers and long hind claws. One kind, the skylark, sings while soaring in the air. 2. any one of various similar birds, such as the meadow lark,… …
24lark — I. noun Etymology: Middle English laveroc, laverke, from Old English lāwerce; akin to Old High German lērihha lark Date: before 12th century any of a family (Alaudidae) of chiefly Old World ground dwelling songbirds that are usually brownish in… …
25lark — lark1 noun 1》 a songbird with brown streaky plumage, elongated hind claws, and a song that is delivered on the wing. [Alauda arvensis (skylark) and other species, family Alaudidae.] ↘used in names of similar birds of other families, e.g.… …
26lark — I. /lak / (say lahk) noun 1. any of numerous mainly ground dwelling birds of the family Alaudidae, mostly of Eurasia and Africa, but also found in America and Australia, characterised by an unusually long, straight hind claw, as the crested lark …
27lark — {{11}}lark (n.1) songbird, early 14c., earlier lauerche (c.1200), from O.E. lawerce (late O.E. laferce), from P.Gmc. *laiw(a)rikon (Cf. O.S. lewerka, Fris. liurk, O.N. lævirik, Du. leeuwerik, Ger. Lerche), of unknown origin. Some Old English and… …
28lark — I [[t]lɑrk[/t]] n. 1) orn any of numerous chiefly Old World songbirds of the family Alaudidae,of open country, typically having drab plumage and a long hind claw 2) orn any of various similar birds of other families, as the meadowlark • Etymology …
29lark — 1. n. 1 any small bird of the family Alaudidae with brown plumage, elongated hind claws and tuneful song, esp. the skylark. 2 any of various similar birds such as the meadow lark. Etymology: OE laferce, laeligwerce, of unkn. orig. 2. n. & v.… …
30lark — 1. noun /lɑːk,lɑːɹk/ a) Any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae. b) Any of various resembling birds, usually ground living, such as the meadowlark and titlark Syn: whim, on a whim See Al …
