woodlark

[woo d-lahrk]

noun

a small, European songbird, Lullula arborea, noted for its song in flight.

Origin of woodlark

First recorded in 1275–1325, woodlark is from the Middle English word wodelarke. See wood¹, lark¹

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Examples from the Web for woodlark

Historical Examples of woodlark

He pointed out the woodlark and the blackcap to me, and told me where he had seen and heard them.
Fresh Fields
John Burroughs
Overhead a woodlark drifted in vast circles, singing as he flew.
In the West Country
Francis A. Knight
If a woodlark stirred, he saw the shadow of its wing flit from frond to frond.
Pharais and The Mountain Lovers
Fiona Macleod
The maiden laughed, a merry laughter like the lilt of a woodlark.
Masters of the Guild
L. Lamprey
She awoke; the woodlark was singing in the near copse—the little birds were astir, and rustling in their leafy nests.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851
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British Dictionary definitions for woodlark

woodlark

noun

an Old World lark, Lullula arborea, similar to but slightly smaller than the skylark

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