pipit
/pip-it/US // ˈpɪp ɪt //UK // (ˈpɪpɪt) //
琵琶网,琵琶岛,蝮蛇,琵琶鱼
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n.名词 noun
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- : any of several small songbirds of the genus Anthus, of the family Motacillidae, resembling the larks in coloration, structure, and habits.
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Of these I will only mention the blackcap, linnet, and tree-pipit.
My new-found friend (the feathered one, I mean) was the American pipit, which some years ago was known as the tit-lark.
In our climb up Gray's Peak we found the pipit realm and that of the white-crowned sparrows slightly overlapping.
I cannot find a similar case among British species to illustrate this point, unless it be that of the meadow- and rock-pipit.
And yet the tree-pipit is not very highly regarded among British melodists, on account of the little variety there is in its song.
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