meadowlark

English

Etymology

From meadow +‎ lark.

Noun

meadowlark (plural meadowlarks)

  1. The meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis). [from 17th c.]
  2. Any of several songbirds of the genera Sturnella and Leistes, native to the Americas. [from 19th c.]
    • 1971, Dolly Parton, “Early Morning Breeze”:
      Closing it behind me and away I do run / To the meadow where the meadowlark is singing in the trees
    • 1976, Bob Dylan, “One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)”, in Desire:
      Your voice is like a meadowlark / But your heart is like an ocean / Mysterious and dark

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