titlark
any of several small, larklike birds, especially a pipit.
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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.
Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 | Barkham BurroughsHearing 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 JefferiesOn inquiry I found that some weeks before, the boys discovered a titlark's nest in the ground close to their cricket-piece.
Baby Chatterbox | AnonymousThe scene of the tragedy was the nest of a pipit, or titlark, on the ground beneath a heather-bush.
My Studio Neighbors | William Hamilton GibsonIn figure it is more slender than the sky-lark; the plumage resembles that of the crested lark, and the form that of the titlark.
The Natural History of Cage Birds | J. M. Bechstein
British Dictionary definitions for titlark
/ (ˈtɪtˌlɑːk) /
another name for the pipit, esp the meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Origin of titlark
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