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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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A field guide to the dinosaurs in The End of Oak Street: Anne Hathaway’s new movie presents us with a whole host of prehistoric creatures.

From Slate Aug. 20, 2026

It’s functionally a field guide of targets for burglars, looters and squatters.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

This can be helped by foraging with field guide to confirm species and avoid confusion, the Woodland Trust says.

From BBC Oct. 27, 2024

“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

I tried to write and draw everything I could remember in the sketch pad, so I could transfer all that Robin had explained into the field guide.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

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