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PIPIT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pipit mean?
• PIPIT (noun)
The noun PIPIT has 1 sense:
1. a songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country; has streaky brown plumage
Familiarity information: PIPIT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country; has streaky brown plumage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
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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