butty-lark
ˈbutty-lark
dial.
[
f.
butty
1
1 +
lark
.]
The tit-lark; see
quot.
1865
Cornh.
Mag.
July 36
In the South the tit-lark is known as the ‘butty-lark’, or companion lark, because the cuckoo so frequently lays its eggs in that bird's nest.
Oxford English Dictionary
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