Library / English Dictionary

PIPIT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country; has streaky brown plumage

Synonyms:

lark; pipit; titlark

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("pipit" is a kind of...):

oscine; oscine bird (passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pipit"):

Anthus pratensis; meadow pipit (a common pipit that is brown above and white below; widely distributed in northern and central Europe and in Asia)

Holonyms ("pipit" is a member of...):

Anthus; genus Anthus (pipits)

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