Meadowlark meaning

mĕd'ō-lärk'
Any of various songbirds of the genus Sturnella of the Americas, especially S. magna and S. neglecta, having brownish plumage, a yellow breast, and a black crescent-shaped marking beneath the throat.
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Any of a genus (Sturnella, family Icteridae) of American passerine birds, esp., any of the yellow-breasted North American species (S. magna and S. neglecta) with a black, V-shaped collar.
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Any of several songbirds, of the genus Sturnella, native to North America.
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Meadowlark Sentence Examples

  • A meadowlark pierced the silence with its sharp whistling song.

  • Somewhere in the distance, a Meadowlark called, its melodic song adding sweetness to the smell of wild roses.

  • Somewhere in the distance a meadowlark began its melodic whistle, and a hen sang industriously up by the house.

  • We slowly drove back the road along the runway were we had a close view of another eastern meadowlark and pale-breasted spinetail.

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