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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

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

Make sure to include a field guide to Pacific Northwest birds to help identify garden visitors — the one with a bushy tail is a squirrel.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 3, 2022

That Saturday night, Fred called me over to his house to continue working on the field guide.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen