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long-tailed meadowlark

long-tailed meadowlark noun: a passerine songbird, Leistes loyca, native to South America.

Noun

long-tailed meadowlark (plural long-tailed meadowlarks)

  1. A passerine songbird, Leistes loyca, native to South America.
    • All around, wild flowers transform stark mountains into alpine paradises, and the song of the long-tailed meadowlark rises over open areas.2000, Michael Bright, Wild South America, BBC Worldwide, published 2000, page 52

Forms of long-tailed meadowlark

plurallong-tailed meadowlarks

Questions about long-tailed meadowlark

What does long-tailed meadowlark mean?
Long-tailed meadowlark means a passerine songbird, Leistes loyca, native to South America.
What part of speech is long-tailed meadowlark?
Long-tailed meadowlark is a noun.
What is the plural of long-tailed meadowlark?
The plural of long-tailed meadowlark is long-tailed meadowlarks.

Words near long-tailed meadowlark in the dictionary

  1. long-tailed jaeger
  2. long-tailed jaegers
  3. long-tailed koel
  4. long-tailed macaque
  5. long-tailed macaques
  6. long-tailed meadowlark
  7. long-tailed meadowlarks
  8. long-tailed one
  9. long-tailed ones
  10. long-tailed pangolin
  11. long-tailed pangolins

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