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Examples of field guide in a Sentence
a field guide to the birds
Recent Examples on the Web
Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2024
Extensive farming significantly reduced their populations in the state, though many of their colonies continue to exist in bogs, swamps and wet prairies, according to the Ohio Division of Wildlife's reptile field guide.
—Li Cohen, CBS News, 7 June 2024
That’s why Tom Ludlow, a field guide for The Arkaba Walk, laces up a pair of Merrell’s zMoab Adventure Mid waterproof hiking boots every morning.
—Lindsey Olander, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2023
Binoculars and field guides might help, but are not necessary to get started.
—James Gorman, New York Times, 26 May 2024
And Loren Coleman, perhaps the foremost cryptozoologist and author of Bigfoot books, including a field guide describing five types going by about 500 different names.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 20 May 2024
In early childhood, Kaestner’s list began as a handwritten inventory in the back of a birding field guide.
—Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 26 Feb. 2024
In someone else’s hands, this roughly 300-page book might have been a field guide or birding companion: workhorses for the serious hobbyist.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2024
There, we were met at reception by our field guide, Henry Woest, and our tracker, George Mnisi, who would spend three days showing us the incredible wildlife of the Sabi Sand reserve.
—Hannah Selinger, Travel + Leisure, 10 May 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1877, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near field guide
Cite this Entry
“Field guide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/field%20guide. Accessed 16 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
field guide
noun
: a small book with words and pictures for identifying plants, animals, or natural objects (as rocks) that are found in nature
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