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Definition of Meadow pipit
1. Noun. A common pipit that is brown above and white below; widely distributed in northern and central Europe and in Asia.
Definition of Meadow pipit
1. Noun. a small passerine bird, ''Anthus pratensis'' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Meadow Pipit
Literary usage of Meadow pipit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"The maiden- pink, Dianthus deltoides. meadow-pipit ... The common American or
Wilson's snipe, meadow-titling (med'o-tit'ling), ». The meadow-pipit, Anthus ..."
2. The Smaller British Birds: With Descriptions of Their Nests, Eggs, Habits, Etc. by Henry B. Adams (1894)
"This authority also notices that the plumage varied considerably in its colours
from those already described. THE meadow pipit ..."
3. Library of Natural History by Richard Lydekker (1901)
"The meadow pipit nests on rough ground and undrained meadows, ... The cuckoo is
exceedingly fond of depositing her eggs in the meadow pipit's nest, ..."
4. Wild Birds Protection Acts, 1880-1896 by James Robert Vernam Marchant, Watkin Watkins (1897)
"Special close time:— Barrow-in-Furness, between 1st March and 1st Aug. Cheshire,
parts (meadow pipit only), between 1st March and 1st Aug. ..."
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