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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country; has streaky brown plumage [syn: pipit, titlark, lark]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: imitative Date: 1768 any of various small songbirds (family Motacillidae and especially genus Anthus) resembling the lark

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 any of various birds of the family Motacillidae, esp. of the genus Anthus, found worldwide and having brown plumage often heavily streaked with a lighter colour. 2 = meadow pipit. Etymology: prob. imit.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pipit Pip"it, n. [So named from its call note.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small singing birds belonging to Anthus and allied genera, of the family Motacillid[ae]. 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. Note: The meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis); the tree pipit, or tree lark (A. trivialis); and the rock pipit, or sea lark (A. obscurus) are well-known European species. The common American pipit, or brown lark, is Anthus Pensilvanicus. The Western species (A. Spraguei) is called the American skylark, on account of its musical powers.