L'ARGO, L'ARK, noun [As the Latin alauda coincides with laudo, Eng. loud so the first syllable of lark, laf, lau, lave. But I know not the sense of the word.] A bird of the genus Alauda, distinguished for its singing.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI