noun
Meaning 1
The meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
meadowlark
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noun
Meaning 2
Any of several songbirds of the genera Sturnella and Leistes, native to the Americas.
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noun
Meaning 3
North American songbirds having a yellow breast
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lark
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: New World oriole, American oriole, oriole
Narrower terms: eastern meadowlark, Sturnella magna, western meadowlark, Sturnella neglecta
History
Etymology
From meadow + lark.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: pradenca — songbird of Sturnella or Leistes
- Czech: vlhovec — songbird of Sturnella or Leistes
- Danish: englærke — songbird of Sturnella or Leistes
- French: sturnelle — songbird of Sturnella or Leistes
- German: Wiesenstärling — songbird of Sturnella or Leistes
- German: Lerchenstärling — songbird of Sturnella or Leistes
- German: Wiesenlerche — songbird of Sturnella or Leistes
- Japanese: マキバドリ (makibadori) — songbird of Sturnella or Leistes
- Japanese: 牧場鳥 (makibadori) — songbird of Sturnella or Leistes
- Central Sierra Miwok: juk·ulu- — songbird of Sturnella or Leistes
- Navajo: tsiiyah wozhii — songbird of Sturnella or Leistes
- Polish: wojak — songbird of Sturnella or Leistes
- Russian: лугово́й жа́воронок (lugovój žávoronok) — songbird of Sturnella or Leistes
- Spanish: pradero — songbird of Sturnella or Leistes
- Spanish: chirlobirlo — songbird of Sturnella or Leistes
- Unami: chichikënëmwikënhwis — songbird of Sturnella or Leistes
- Welsh: ehedydd maes y Dwyrain — songbird of Sturnella or Leistes