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Definition of Anthus obscurus

Anthus obscurus
Sea lark Sea" lark` (Zo["o]l.) (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.
Anthus obscurus
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. Michael Cassio, Lieutenant to the warlike Moor Othello, Is come shore. --Shak. The fruitful shore of muddy Nile. --Spenser. In shore, near the shore. --Marryat. On shore. See under On. Shore birds (Zo["o]l.), a collective name for the various limicoline birds found on the seashore. Shore crab (Zo["o]l.), 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 (Zo["o]l.), 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 (Zo["o]l.), a large-billed Australian plover (Esacus magnirostris). It lives on the seashore, and feeds on crustaceans, etc. Shore teetan (Zo["o]l.), the rock pipit (Anthus obscurus). [Prov. Eng.]

Meaning of Anthus obscurus from wikipedia

- identified as Canis anthus Cuvier, 1820 was uncertain, the species should be known as Canis lupaster Hemprich and Ehrenberg, 1832 until Canis anthus can be validated...
- Moving Into Western Europe Wikimedia Commons has media related to Canis anthus lupaster. Osborn, D. J. & Helmy, I. (1980), The contemporary land mammals...
- s**** birds such as the New Zealand dotterel (Charadrius obscurus) and the New Zealand pipit (Anthus novaeseelandiae). Studies of the mating behaviour of...
- pipit (Anthus novaeseelandiae) Meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis) Rosy pipit (Anthus roseatus) Buff-bellied pipit (Anthus rubescens) Water pipit (Anthus spinoletta)...
- pipit, Anthus trivialis Olive-backed pipit, Anthus hodgsoni (A) Red-throated pipit, Anthus cervinus Water pipit, Anthus spinoletta Rock pipit, Anthus petrosus...
- pipit, Anthus richardi Blyth's pipit, Anthus godlewskii (A) Tawny pipit, Anthus campestris Meadow pipit, Anthus pratensis Tree pipit, Anthus trivialis...
- pipit (isokirvinen), Anthus richardi Blyth's pipit (mongoliankirvinen), Anthus godlewskii (A) Tawny pipit (nummikirvinen), Anthus campestris Meadow pipit...
- wagtail Anthus richardi, Richard's pipit Anthus godlewskii, Blyth's pipit Anthus hodgsoni, olive-backed pipit Anthus gustavi, Pechora pipit Anthus cervinus...
- Anthus gustavi (A) Red-throated pipit (Rotkehlpieper), Anthus cervinus Water pipit (Bergpieper), Anthus spinoletta Rock pipit (Strandpieper), Anthus petrosus...
- pipit, Anthus richardi Paddyfield pipit, Anthus rufulus (A) Long-billed pipit, Anthus similis Blyth's pipit, Anthus godlewskii Tawny pipit, Anthus campestris...