western meadowlark

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Definitions of western meadowlark words

noun western meadowlark any of several American songbirds of the genus Sturnella, of the family Icteridae, especially S. magna (eastern meadowlark) and S. neglecta (western meadowlark) having a brownish and black back and wings and a yellow breast, noted for their clear, tuneful song. 1
noun western meadowlark a North American yellow-breasted songbird, Sturnella neglecta: family Icteridae (American orioles) 0

before 1605

One of the 40% oldest English words

First recorded in 1605-15; meadow + lark1

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