pipit
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of pipit
First recorded in 1760–70; imitative
Example Sentences
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“Where along that full life cycle both in time and space are these birds suffering the most?” says Andy Boyce, a research ecologist at the Smithsonian’s Migratory Bird Center who studies the Sprague’s pipit.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2023
The group labeled “insect eaters” combines many species because the numbers for individual species were too small to show separately as shown for the meadow pipit and willow grouse, which are both highly abundant.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Birds like the meadow pipit and skylark use the heather for nesting, and it is also a source of food for the red grouse.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2022
He’d given up listing, but in one of his nightly recaps he told the amusing story of his desperation and failure to find a pipit on his first trip to South Georgia.
From The New Yorker • May 23, 2016
The tree pipit is often called by that name in Scotland, where the true wood-lark is not found.
From Birds and Man by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)
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