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water pipit

American  

noun

  1. a common, sparrow-sized pipit, Anthus spinoletta, of the Northern Hemisphere.

Etymology

Origin of water pipit

First recorded in 1880–85

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This subspecies of the Water Pipit is an uncommon winter visitant or migrant in Coahuila.

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