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Pipit

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pip⋅it

[pip-it]
–noun
any of several small songbirds of the genus Anthus, of the family Motacillidae, resembling the larks in coloration, structure, and habits.

Origin:
1760–70; imit.
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pip·it   (pĭp'ĭt)   
n.  Any of various widely distributed songbirds of the genus Anthus, characteristically having brownish upper plumage and a streaked breast. Also called titlark.

[Imitative of its call.]
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