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field guide

American  

noun

  1. a portable illustrated book to help identify birds, plants, rocks, etc., as on a nature walk.


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Armed with this and a field guide in her home of San Francisco, she set about identifying birds from an early age.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

He seems to have taken it not as a critique but as a field guide to the clientele he sought; he reread the book regularly throughout his life.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 28, 2025

“Tortured Poets Department” is packed with new poets to read, bands to discover and weird vacation towns to visit, and here’s a brief field guide to the best of them.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 19, 2024

My late Uncle Pepe was an avid mushroom hunter, rising early on late-summer Saturdays, field guide in hand, to head to a local New York City park for his weekly forage.

From Washington Times Dec. 5, 2023

“We’re working on the field guide later, right?” he asked.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

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