Pipit Definition

pĭpĭt
noun
Any of various small, insectivorous birds (esp. genus Anthus) of a passerine family (Motacillidae) characterized by a slender bill, streaked breast, and the habit of walking rather than hopping.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Pipit

Noun

Singular:
pipit
Plural:
pipits

Origin of Pipit

  • Imitative of its call

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Pipit Sentence Examples

  • Other prairie birds are the prairie chicken, and there are a great many birds that sing while flying; among them are the horned lark, bobolink, Smith's longspur and chestnut collared longspur, lark-sparrow, lark-bunting and Sprague's pipit.

  • On the highest pastures we find, further, the alpine accentor (Accentor collaris) and the alpine pipit (Anthus spipoletta).

  • A Tree Pipit sang off to one side and a few choughs passed over at height.

  • Around the shore we found Tawny Pipit and Rufous-tailed Lark as well as a quite confiding Southern Gray Shrike.

  • They are found on heath, salt marsh and open scrub, where they can find goldfinch, linnet or meadow pipit.

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