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pipit
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pipit has 1 sense
- pipit(n = noun.animal) lark, titlark - a songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country; has streaky brown plumage; Array is a kind of oscine, oscine bird
is a member of anthus, genus anthus
has particulars: anthus pratensis, meadow pipit
CIDE DICTIONARY
pipit, n. [So named from its call note.].
Any one of numerous species of small singing birds belonging to Anthus and allied genera, of the family Motacillidæ . They strongly resemble the true larks in habits, colors, and the great length of the hind claw. They are, therefore, often called titlarks , and pipit larks . [1913 Webster]
" The meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis ); the tree pipit , or tree lark (Anthus trivialis ); and the rock pipit , or sea lark (Anthus obscurus ) are well-known European species. The common American pipit , or brown lark, is Anthus Pensilvanicus . The Western species (Anthus Spraguei ) is called the American skylark , on account of its musical powers."
[1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
pipit, n.
1 any of various birds of the family Motacillidae, esp. of the genus Anthus, found worldwide and having brown plumage often heavily streaked with a lighter colour.
2 = meadow pipit.
1 any of various birds of the family Motacillidae, esp. of the genus Anthus, found worldwide and having brown plumage often heavily streaked with a lighter colour.
2 = meadow pipit.
Etymology
prob. imit.
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