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Definition of pipit in English: pipitnoun ˈpɪpɪtˈpɪpɪt A mainly ground-dwelling songbird of open country, typically having brown streaky plumage. Family Motacillidae: three genera, in particular Anthus, and many species, e.g. the meadow pipit Example sentencesExamples - The pipit flew overhead in noisy flocks and actually landed in the short grass long enough for the group to deploy a couple of scopes.
- Most observations relate to larks, pipits and finches but kestrels are capable of taking such quarry as fieldfares, turtle doves and lapwing.
- I have seen them feeding at the tidemark with snow buntings and pipits and they also find seeds in the marram hills.
- Skylarks, wheatears, pipits and greylag geese fill any silences that remain.
- In addition, killdeer, pipits and some shorebirds visit the grassy areas of landfills.
Origin Mid 18th century: probably imitative. Rhymes sippet, skippet, snippet, tippet, Tippett, whippet Definition of pipit in US English: pipitnounˈpipitˈpɪpɪt A mainly ground-dwelling songbird of open country, typically having brown streaky plumage. Family Motacillidae: three genera, in particular Anthus, and many species, including the sparrow-sized water pipit (A. spinoletta) of the northern hemisphere Example sentencesExamples - Skylarks, wheatears, pipits and greylag geese fill any silences that remain.
- The pipit flew overhead in noisy flocks and actually landed in the short grass long enough for the group to deploy a couple of scopes.
- Most observations relate to larks, pipits and finches but kestrels are capable of taking such quarry as fieldfares, turtle doves and lapwing.
- In addition, killdeer, pipits and some shorebirds visit the grassy areas of landfills.
- I have seen them feeding at the tidemark with snow buntings and pipits and they also find seeds in the marram hills.
Origin Mid 18th century: probably imitative. |