Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of birds, typical of the family Alaudidæ, or larks.
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- noun type genus of the Alaudidae: skylarks
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Examples
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Julius Caesar used the alauda, his Germanic cavalry, to good effect against the Gauls.
Black Horses For The King McCaffrey, Anne 1996
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A little yellow bird (it is either a species of the _alauda trivialis_, or rather perhaps of the _motacilla trochilus_) still continues to make a sibilous shivering noise in the tops of tall woods.
The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 Gilbert White 1756
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#1 chosen from 1 choice Nov 21 23: 23: 45 office kernel: [198.729487] alauda: alauda probed Nov
Ubuntu Forums flem 2008
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