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meadow lark

[med-oh-lahrk]

mead·ow·lark

[med-oh-lahrk]
noun
any of several American songbirds of the genus Sturnella, of the family Icteridae, especially S. magna (eastern meadowlark) and S. neglecta (western meadowlark), having a brownish and black back and wings and a yellow breast, noted for their clear, tuneful song.

Origin:
1605–15; meadow + lark1
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