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tit⋅lark

[tit-lahrk]
–noun
any of several small, larklike birds, esp. a pipit.

Origin:
1660–70; tit 1 + lark 1
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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.]
tit·lark   (tĭt'lärk')   
n.  See pipit.

[tit-, as in tit(mouse) + lark1.]
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