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Webster 1913 Edition
Pipit
Pip′it
,Noun.
[So named from its call note.]
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of small singing birds belonging to
Anthus
and allied genera, of the family Motacillidæ
. They strongly resemble the true larks in habits, colors, and the great length of the hind claw. They are, therefore, often called titlarks
, and pipit larks
. ☞ The
meadow pipit
(Anthus pratensis
); the tree pipit
, or tree lark (Anthus trivialis
); and the rock pipit
, or sea lark (Anthus obscurus
) are well-known European species. The common American pipit
, or brown lark, is Anthus Pensilvanicus
. The Western species (Anthus Spraguei
) is called the American skylark
, on account of its musical powers.