ˈpipə̇t, usu -ə̇d.+V noun
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Etymology: imitative
: any of various small singing birds of the family Motacillidae of nearly cosmopolitan range ; especially : any of those belonging to the genus Anthus, resembling the true larks in habit, colors, and the long hind claw, and like the true larks singing on the wing — called also titlark ; see meadow pipit , rock pipit , sprague's pipit , tree pipit