pipit

pipit
Any of various small passerine birds, mainly from the genus Anthus, that are often drab, ground feeding insectivores of open country.
Syn: pihoihoi, titlark

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  • pipit — pipit …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • pipit — [ pipit ] n. m. • 1764; onomat. d apr. le cri de cet oiseau ♦ Petit passereau (passériformes) à plumage brun. ⇒ farlouse. ● pipit ou pitpit nom masculin (latin scientifique pipi, onomatopée) Petit passereau insectivore (motacillidé) à plumage… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • pipit — PIPÍT adj. invar. v. pepit. Trimis de oprocopiuc, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98  pipít ( te), s.n. – Ţesătură cu pătrăţele sau romburi în două culori diferite care alternează între ele. – var. pipită, pepit(ă). germ. Pepita(stoff) (Candrea). Trimis… …   Dicționar Român

  • pipit — ou pitpit (pi pit ou pit pit ) s. m. Noms donnés, par certains auteurs, au genre anthus (oiseaux insectivores) ; anthus pratensis, Bechstein, alauda pratensis, L …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • pipit- — *pipit germ.?, Substantiv: nhd. Pips, Verschleimung; ne. pip; Rekontruktionsbasis: ahd.; Interferenz: Lehnwort lat. pīpuīta; Etymologie: s. lat. pīpuīta …   Germanisches Wörterbuch

  • pipit — ► NOUN ▪ a ground dwelling songbird of open country, typically having brown streaky plumage. ORIGIN probably imitative …   English terms dictionary

  • pipit — [pip′it] n. [echoic of its cry] any of various small insectivorous birds (esp. genus Anthus) of a passerine family (Motacillidae) characterized by a slender bill, streaked breast, and the habit of walking rather than hopping …   English World dictionary

  • Pipit — Nom vernaculaire ou nom normalisé ambigu : Le terme «  Pipits  » s applique en français à plusieurs taxons distincts. Pipits …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Pipit — Taxobox name = Pipits image width = 240px image caption = Tree Pipit regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes familia = Motacillidae genus = Anthus genus authority = Bechstein, 1805 subdivision ranks = Species… …   Wikipedia

  • pipit — UK [ˈpɪpɪt] / US noun [countable] Word forms pipit : singular pipit plural pipits a small bird that makes a musical sound …   English dictionary

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