titlark

[ tit-lahrk ]

noun
  1. any of several small, larklike birds, especially a pipit.

Origin of titlark

1
First recorded in 1660–70; tit1 + lark1

Words Nearby titlark

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How to use titlark in a sentence

  • The melody of singing birds ranks as follows: The nightingale first, then the linnet, titlark, sky lark and wood lark.

  • Hearing a titlark singing his loudest, I found him perched on the rim of a tub placed for horses to drink from.

    Nature Near London | Richard Jefferies
  • On inquiry I found that some weeks before, the boys discovered a titlark's nest in the ground close to their cricket-piece.

    Baby Chatterbox | Anonymous
  • The scene of the tragedy was the nest of a pipit, or titlark, on the ground beneath a heather-bush.

    My Studio Neighbors | William Hamilton Gibson
  • In figure it is more slender than the sky-lark; the plumage resembles that of the crested lark, and the form that of the titlark.

British Dictionary definitions for titlark

titlark

/ (ˈtɪtˌlɑːk) /


noun
  1. another name for the pipit, esp the meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis)

Origin of titlark

1
C17: from tit 1 + lark 1

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