skylark

skylark
skylark (n.) the common European lark, 1680s, from SKY (Cf. sky) + LARK (Cf. lark) (n.). The verb meaning "to frolic or play" is recorded from 1809, originally nautical, in reference to "wanton play about the rigging, and tops."

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Synonyms:
(A lauda arvensis)


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