- pipit
- noun Etymology: imitative Date: 1768 any of various small songbirds (family Motacillidae and especially genus Anthus) resembling the lark
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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
