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skylark definition

sky·lark (-lärk′)

noun

a lark (Alauda arvensis) that is found chiefly in Eurasia, famous for the song it utters as it soars upward and flies about high in the sky

intransitive verb

to play about boisterously; frolic

Etymology: < sky + lark: orig. naut., of playing in the rigging

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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