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field guide

NOUN
manual for plants or animals
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He seems to have taken it not as a critique but as a field guide to the clientele he sought; he reread the book regularly throughout his life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

This can be helped by foraging with field guide to confirm species and avoid confusion, the Woodland Trust says.

From BBC • Oct. 27, 2024

Think of it as a field guide for understanding the weird digital future of money.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2023

My late Uncle Pepe was an avid mushroom hunter, rising early on late-summer Saturdays, field guide in hand, to head to a local New York City park for his weekly forage.

From Washington Times • Dec. 5, 2023

It was an extra-credit project, so I wasn’t going to flunk science if she didn’t like the field guide.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen