magpie-lark

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• Magpie

  ·noun Any one of numerous species of the genus Pica and related genera, allied to the jays, but havi...

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• Magpie

  (Magpy Alley) 1) West out of Fetter Lane to Castle Yard, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-...

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• magpie

  n. a black-and-white Crow-Shrike,present all over Australia. He resembles the English Magpie ingene...

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• Lark

  ·vi A frolic; a jolly time. II. Lark ·vi To catch larks; as, to go larking. III. Lark ·vi To <<Spo...

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• lark

  1) A boat. 2) A piece of merriment. People playing together jocosely. ...

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• lark

  n. common English bird name.The Australian species are – – Brown Song Lark – – Cincloramphus crural...

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• lark

  A small boat. Also, frolicsome merriment. (See sky-larking.) ...

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• Magpie Alley

  West out of Whitefriars Street, at No. 20, to George Yard, within the precinct of Whitefriars, in Fa...

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• bush-magpie

  n. an Australian bird, morecommonly called a Magpie (q.v.). 1888. Cassell's `Picturesque Australas...

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• magpie-goose

  n. a common name for theAustralian Goose, Anseranus melanoleuca, Lath.; calledalso Swan-goose, and ...

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• magpie-perch

  n. a West Australian, Victorian,and Tasmanian fish, Chilodactylus gibbosus, Richards.;not a true Pe...

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• organ-magpie

  See organ-bird ...

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• Lark-colored

  ·adj Having the sandy brown color of the European larks. ...

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• Sea lark

  ·- The rock pipit (Anthus obscurus). II. Sea lark ·- Any one of several small sandpipers and plover...

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• mud lark

  A fellow who goes about by the water side picking up coals, nails, or other articles in the mud. Als...

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• ground-lark

  n. 1) In New Zealand, a bird alsocalled by the Maori names, Pihoihoi and Hioi. 1888. W. L. Buller,...

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• mud-lark

  n. another name for the Magpie-lark, Grallina picata (q.v.). ...

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• sand-lark

  n. name given in Australia to the Red-capped Dottrel, Charadrius ruficapilla, Temm. 1867. W. Richa...

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