| 单词 | water pipit |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater pipit water pipit n. a streaky brown Eurasian songbird, Anthus spinoletta, breeding in mountains and migrating to wet lowland areas in winter; (also) the similar North American bird A. rubescens (now usually called buff-bellied pipit).Both A. spinoletta and A. rubescens were formerly considered to be conspecific with the rock pipit, A. petrosus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Motacillidae > genus Anthus > anthus spinoletta (water-pipit) sea-lark1602 rock-lark1771 rock pipit1830 water pipit1831 shore pipit1837 sea-titling1872 tang-sparrow1880 1831 J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. I. 50 I am inclined to consider the Brown Titlark identical with the Water Pipit of Europe. 1896 A. G. Butler Brit. Birds with their Nests & Eggs I. 205 The Water-Pipit. Anthus spipoletta [sic], Linn. 1969 H. Horwood Newfoundland v. 29 Offshore there are low, sandy islands, the home of terns and plovers, horned larks and water pipits. 2012 Birdwatch Apr. 19/3 The odd Kingfisher might linger from winter, but scarcer migrants could include Rock and Water Pipits. < as lemmas |
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