Word Finder - lark

definition

Any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae.

definition

Any of various similar-appearing birds, but usually ground-living, such as the meadowlark and titlark.

definition

(by extension) One who wakes early; one who is up with the larks.

synonyms

• early bird
• early riser

definition

To catch larks (type of bird).

example

to go larking

But this is a great lark, Ann Veronica!

I'm getting the hang of this computer lark!

She's just trying it for the fun of it—doing it on a lark.

I never would have done anything with it—I just snapped it on a lark.

This year second - perhaps I'm starting to get better at this gardening lark.

What started as a lark has become a bit of a seasonal art form, inspired in part by the annual release of Sports Illustrated's swimsuit edition.

She was far too conniving—more a hawk than a lark.

I never would have done anything with it—I just snapped it on a lark.

She's just trying it for the fun of it—doing it on a lark.

She was far too conniving—more a hawk than a lark.

He recently reported attracting several Red-tipped clearwings to lures at Hengrave along the River Lark.

Around the shore we found Tawny Pipit and Rufous-tailed Lark as well as a quite confiding Southern Gray Shrike.

This play sounds like the work of an amateur group having a lark - something Big Finish have thus far avoided.

Or will I forget homework and start that bad lark?

Didst thou ever see a lark in a cage?

The remaining birds were spotted during various trips including the crested lark at a busy roundabout near the center of La Rochelle.

As Clive lay on the ground, to his surprise, the lesser spotted wood lark flew down and settled on his boots.

She called the place in her books ' lark Rise ' because of the sky larks that flew over the fields.

Wadi Al-Hitan is not separately noted but the desert species hoopoe lark Alaemon alaudipes, probably occurs.

Very few birds (although including Gray's Lark) but some memorable, almost lunar, scenery.

Liz Lark is an experienced yoga teacher, fully qualified to take you step by step through the stages of an astanga yoga session.

Among the smaller birds may be enumerated finches, the siskin, bullfinch, pipit, titmouse, wagtail, lark, fine-crested wren, hedge-sparrow, corn-wren, nut-hatch, starling, swallow, martin, swift, thrush, butcher bird, shrike, dipper, yellow-hammer, ortolan and a warbler (Accentor alpinus).

To these the lark, hibari (Alauda japonica), joins its voice, and the cooing of the pigeon (hato) is supplemented by the twittering of the ubiquitous sparrow (suzume)

A large, stocky lark which shows conspicuous rufous wings in flight.

This area of high plateau is very underwatched but contains a healthy population of Dupont 's Lark and other steppe species.

First four birds were red rumped wheatear, trumpeter finch, short toed lark, and Temmincks horned lark.

Among the birds are the vulture, eagle, falcon, buzzard, kite, lark, nightingale, heron, stork and bustard.

One of the most noticeable of the birds is the Mongolian lark (Melanocorypha mongolicd), which is found in a wild state both in Manchuria and in the desert of Mongolia.

The song birds and insectivorous birds include the cardinal grosbeak, scarlet and summer tanagers, meadow lark, song sparrow, catbird, brown thrasher, wood thrush, house wren, robin, blue bird, goldfinch, red-headed woodpecker, flicker (golden-winged woodpecker), and several species of warblers.

The song-birds are well represented in the hermit thrush, wood thrush, Wilson's thrush (or veery), brown thrasher, robin, blue bird, bobolink, meadow lark, gold finch, &c. Among the game birds are the ruffed grouse (partridge), quail, prairie hen and wild turkey.

The red-naped sapsucker and Lewis's woodpecker are conspicuous in wooded lands; Nuttall's poor-will, Say's phoebe, the desert horned lark, Bullock's.

Other prairie birds are the prairie chicken, and there are a great many birds that sing while flying; among them are the horned lark, bobolink, Smith's longspur and chestnut collared longspur, lark-sparrow, lark-bunting and Sprague's pipit.

Among the birds of the island are the eagle, hawk, petrel, owl, finch, peewit, diamond bird, fire-tail, robin, emu-wren, crow, swallow, magpie, blackcap, goatsucker, quail, ground dove, parrot, lark, mountain thrush, cuckoo, wattlebird, whistling duck, honeybird, Cape Barren goose, penguin duck, waterhen, snipe, albatross and laughing jackass.

The woodcock, partridge, hawk, water-ousel, magpie, jay, raven, various kinds of owls, wood-pigeon, golden-crested wren, tufted lark and titmouse are among the birds which breed here.

On the other hand, the hare, grey partridge (Perdix cinerea), hedgehog, quail, lark, rook and stork find their way into the coniferous region as the forests are cleared.

The collar, only worn by the knights grand cross, is of gold, and consists of Hungarian crowns linked together alternately by the monograms of St Stephen, S.S., and the foundress, M.T.; the centre of the collar is formed by a flying lark encircled by the motto Stringit amore.