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MEADOWLARK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does meadowlark mean? 

MEADOWLARK (noun)
  The noun MEADOWLARK has 1 sense:

1. North American songbirds having a yellow breastplay

  Familiarity information: MEADOWLARK used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MEADOWLARK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

North American songbirds having a yellow breast

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

lark; meadowlark

Hypernyms ("meadowlark" is a kind of...):

American oriole; New World oriole; oriole (American songbird; male is black and orange or yellow)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "meadowlark"):

eastern meadowlark; Sturnella magna (a meadowlark of eastern North America)

Sturnella neglecta; western meadowlark (a meadowlark of western North America)

Holonyms ("meadowlark" is a member of...):

genus Sturnella; Sturnella (a genus of passerine birds including the meadowlarks)


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