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FIELD GUIDE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does field guide mean?
• FIELD GUIDE (noun)
The noun FIELD GUIDE has 1 sense:
1. a guidebook describing natural objects of some type that might be encountered in the field
Familiarity information: FIELD GUIDE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A guidebook describing natural objects of some type that might be encountered in the field
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Context example:
a field guide to mushrooms
Hypernyms ("field guide" is a kind of...):
guide; guidebook (something that offers basic information or instruction)
Context examples
Distinguishing toxic from nontoxic mushroom species is based on first correctly identifying the mushroom and then referencing a mushroom field guide to determine if it is known to contain toxins or not.
(New Test Identifies Poisonous Mushrooms, Agricultural Research Service)
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