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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...
- pipit (Anthus novaeseelandiae) Meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis) Rosy pipit (Anthus roseatus) Buff-bellied pipit (Anthus rubescens) Water pipit (Anthus spinoletta)...
- pipit, Anthus richardi Blyth's pipit, Anthus godlewskii (A) Meadow pipit, Anthus pratensis (A) Rosy pipit, Anthus roseatus (A) Tree pipit, Anthus trivialis...
- pipit, Anthus richardi Blyth's pipit, Anthus godlewskii (A) Tawny pipit, Anthus campestris Meadow pipit, Anthus pratensis Tree pipit, Anthus trivialis...
- bendirei) VU IUCN Family Motacillidae (wagtails and pipits) Sprague's pipit (Anthus spragueii) VU IUCN Family Parulidae (New World warblers) Bachman's warbler...
- Taxon identifiers Canis aureus lupaster Wikidata: Q728631 Wikispecies: Canis anthus lupaster GBIF: 6164169 ITIS: 726783 MSW: 14000712...
- pipit, Anthus richardi Paddyfield pipit, Anthus rufulus (A) Long-billed pipit, Anthus similis Blyth's pipit, Anthus godlewskii Tawny pipit, Anthus campestris...
- pipit (tartarpiplerke), Anthus richardi Blyth's pipit (mongolpiplerke), Anthus godlewskii (A) Tawny pipit (markpiplerke), Anthus campestris (A) Meadow pipit...
- crane (Grus canadensis) Snow goose (Chen caerulescens) Sprague's pipit (Anthus spragueii) Upland sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) Western meadowlark (Sturnella...
- wagtail Anthus richardi, Richard's pipit Anthus godlewskii, Blyth's pipit Anthus hodgsoni, olive-backed pipit Anthus gustavi, Pechora pipit Anthus cervinus...