skylark
noun
a brown-speckled European lark, Alauda arvensis, famed for its melodious song.
skylarks
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pluralof skylark.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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"The ground nesting birds, like the skylarks and the meadow pipits, the wrens and stonechats, they'll have lost their nests and eggs."
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2025
The site has become a key refuge for Eurasian skylarks, a bird that requires open fields that, in the countryside, have been largely overrun by crop monocultures.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 2, 2022
Two skylarks sing and flit above his hat.
From Reuters ● Jul. 25, 2019
As kites and skylarks fly above his fields, Cherry says he first became interested in conservation agriculture – or no-till farming – after speaking to others who were trying it.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 24, 2019
Sometimes we sit together the way we did a thousand years ago and we don’t say a word but just listen to the thrushes and the skylarks.
From "How I Live Now" by Meg Rosoff
