skylark
a brown-speckled European lark, Alauda arvensis, famed for its melodious song.
Origin of skylark
1Other words from skylark
- skylarker, noun
Words Nearby skylark
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How to use skylark in a sentence
While skylark is away, in the countryside, they chance upon a vitality that has evaded them for too many years.
Until gasoline married into the skylark family, Bud did well enough to keep him contented out of a stock saddle.
Cabin Fever | B. M. BowerThe skylark, you must know, was loaded with a valuable cargo of fine herrings, worth about 200 pounds.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands | R.M. BallantyneMr Jones quickly explained the circumstances of the loss of the skylark to the sympathetic captain.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands | R.M. BallantyneThe coals snapped in the grate and the firelight danced merrily on the skylark's cage and the copper kettle.
Greyfriars Bobby | Eleanor Atkinson
When men would send thanks to the very gate of heaven their envoy should be a skylark.
Lazarre | Mary Hartwell Catherwood
British Dictionary definitions for skylark
/ (ˈskaɪˌlɑːk) /
an Old World lark, Alauda arvensis, noted for singing while hovering at a great height
any of various Australian larks
(intr) informal to romp or play jokes
Derived forms of skylark
- skylarker, noun
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