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Definition of Alauda arvensis
1. Noun. Brown-speckled European lark noted for singing while hovering at a great height.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alauda Arvensis
Literary usage of Alauda arvensis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Birds of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Higher by Robert Ridgway (1907)
"Alauda arvensis ARVENSIS ... The characters and .synonymy of this form are as
follows: Alauda arvensis ..."
2. The Entertaining Naturalist: Being Popular Descriptions, Tales, and by Loudon (Jane) (1850)
".(Alauda arvensis.) " Go, tuneful bird, that gladd'st the skies, To Daphne's
window speed thy way ; And there on quivering pinions rise, And there thy vocal ..."
3. The Code of Nomenclature and Check-list of North American Birds Adopted by by American Ornithologists' Union (1886)
"Alauda arvensis LINN. Skylark. Alauda arvensis LINN. SN ed. 10, I. 1758, 165.
[B —, C 55 bis, R 299, C 88.] HAB. Europe and Asia. ..."
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