meadow pipit


noun

a common European songbird, Anthus pratensis, with a pale brown speckled plumage: family Motacillidae (pipits and wagtails)

Example sentences from the Web for meadow pipit

  • The nests in which the eggs of cuckoos are most frequently found are those of the meadow-pipit, hedge-sparrow, and reed-warbler.

    Poachers and Poaching |John Watson