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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

“Tortured Poets Department” is packed with new poets to read, bands to discover and weird vacation towns to visit, and here’s a brief field guide to the best of them.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 19, 2024

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

The field guide said there was something called a “false chanterelle.”

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan




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