skylark

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈskʌɪ.lɑːk/
• (America) IPA: /ˈskaɪ.lɑɹk/

Noun

skylark (plural skylarks)

1. A small brown passerine bird, Alauda arvensis, that sings as it flies high into the air.

Translations

• French: alouette des champs
• German: (♂♀) Feldlerche, (♂) Feldlerchenmännchen, (♀) Feldlerchenweibchen, (♂♀) Lerche, (♂) Lerchenmännchen, (♀) Lerchenweibchen
• Italian: allodola
• Portuguese: cotovia, laverca, calandra, calhandra
• Russian: жа́воронок
• Spanish: alondra

Verb

skylark (skylarks, present participle skylarking; past and past participle skylarked)

1. (dated, originally nautical) To jump about joyfully, frolic; to play around, play tricks.

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