anthus obscurus

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anthus obscurus - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sea lark \Sea" lark`\ (Zool.)
     (a) The rock pipit (Anthus obscurus).
     (b) Any one of several small sandpipers and plovers, as the
         ringed plover, the turnstone, the dunlin, and the
         sanderling.
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  Shore \Shore\, n. [OE. schore, AS. score, probably fr. scieran,
     and so meaning properly, that which is shorn off, edge; akin
     to OD. schoore, schoor. See Shear, v. t.]
     The coast or land adjacent to a large body of water, as an
     ocean, lake, or large river.
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           Michael Cassio,
           Lieutenant to the warlike Moor Othello,
           Is come shore.                           --Shak.
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           The fruitful shore of muddy Nile.        --Spenser.
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     In shore, near the shore. --Marryat.
  
     On shore. See under On.
  
     Shore birds (Zool.), a collective name for the various
        limicoline birds found on the seashore.
  
     Shore crab (Zool.), any crab found on the beaches, or
        between tides, especially any one of various species of
        grapsoid crabs, as Heterograpsus nudus of California.
  
     Shore lark (Zool.), a small American lark (Otocoris  alpestris
        ) found in winter, both on the seacoast and on
        the Western plains. Its upper parts are varied with dark
        brown and light brown. It has a yellow throat, yellow
        local streaks, a black crescent on its breast, a black
        streak below each eye, and two small black erectile ear
        tufts. Called also horned lark.
  
     Shore plover (Zool.), a large-billed Australian plover
        (Esacus magnirostris). It lives on the seashore, and
        feeds on crustaceans, etc.
  
     Shore teetan (Zool.), the rock pipit (Anthus obscurus).
        [Prov. Eng.]
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  Pipit \Pip"it\, n. [So named from its call note.] (Zool.)
     Any one of numerous species of small singing birds belonging
     to Anthus and allied genera, of the family
     Motacillid[ae]. They strongly resemble the true larks in
     habits, colors, and the great length of the hind claw. They
     are, therefore, often called titlarks, and pipit larks.
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     Note: The meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis); the tree pipit
           , or tree lark (Anthus trivialis); and the
           rock pipit, or sea lark (Anthus obscurus) are
           well-known European species. The common American pipit,
           or brown lark, is Anthus Pensilvanicus. The Western
           species (Anthus Spraguei) is called the American skylark
           , on account of its musical powers.
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