meadow pipit

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noun

a common European songbird, Anthus pratensis, with a pale brown speckled plumage: family Motacillidae (pipits and wagtails)

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How to use meadow pipit in a sentence

It is, however, frequently accompanied by a small bird of another kind, said to be a Meadow Pipit.
British Birds in their Haunts|Rev. C. A. Johns
These delicate footprints reproduce the long toes of the lark, and those are the tracks of the meadow pipit.
Poachers and Poaching|John Watson
The nests in which the eggs of cuckoos are most frequently found are those of the meadow-pipit, hedge-sparrow, and reed-warbler.
Poachers and Poaching|John Watson
Beginning with those that journey the shortest distance, we may notice first the Meadow Pipit.
Among the Birds in Northern Shires|Charles Dixon

Yellow Buntings are still in flocks upon the fields; the Meadow Pipit, yet gregarious, is upon the lowlands.
Among the Birds in Northern Shires|Charles Dixon