pipit
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of pipit
First recorded in 1760–70; imitative
Example Sentences
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Nightingale, greenfinch, grey partridge, marsh tit, skylark, nightjar and tree pipit - all Red List species - have been recorded.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2023
They include: the Sprague’s pipit, a northern grassland songbird, that’s lost more than 75% of its population since 1970.
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
It was true that there were extraordinary birds to be seen, not just penguins but oddities like the snowy sheathbill and the world’s southernmost-breeding songbird, the South Georgia pipit.
From The New Yorker ● May 23, 2016
The pipit is the only walker in the group.
From Under the Maples by Burroughs, John
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