Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having the character of a lark; pertaining to the Alaudidæ or lark family.

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  • adjective Of or pertaining to skylarks.

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  • Forty-two of my new-found animaline adjectives refer to birds: alaudine skylark W*In this, and other lists below, the individual forms are followed by the common names of the species, genera, etc., to which they refer, the dates of the earliest and latest citations at hand, and sigla reporting each form's presence in one or more sources.

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IV No 1 1977

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  • pertaining to skylarks

    June 17, 2008

  • Can it be extended to apply to Buicks in general?

    June 18, 2008