meadow pipit [鸟]草地鹨
meadow pipit[ noun ]
a common pipit that is brown above and white below; widely distributed in northern and central Europe and in Asia
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Meadow \Mead"ow\, a.
Of or pertaining to a meadow; of the nature of a meadow;
produced, growing, or living in, a meadow. ``Fat meadow
ground.'' --Milton.
Note: For many names of plants compounded with meadow, see
the particular word in the Vocabulary.
{Meadow beauty}. (Bot.) Same as {Deergrass}.
{Meadow foxtail} (Bot.), a valuable pasture grass
({Alopecurus pratensis}) resembling timothy, but with
softer spikes.
{Meadow hay}, a coarse grass, or true sedge, growing in
uncultivated swamp or river meadow; -- used as fodder or
bedding for cattle, packing for ice, etc. [Local, U. S.]
{Meadow hen}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The American bittern. See {Stake-driver}.
(b) The American coot ({Fulica}).
(c) The clapper rail.
{Meadow mouse} (Zo["o]l.), any mouse of the genus {Arvicola},
as the common American species {Arvicola riparia}; --
called also {field mouse}, and {field vole}.
{Meadow mussel} (Zo["o]l.), an American ribbed mussel
({Modiola plicatula}), very abundant in salt marshes.
{Meadow ore} (Min.), bog-iron ore, a kind of limonite.
{Meadow parsnip}. (Bot.) See under {Parsnip}.
{Meadow pink}. (Bot.) See under {Pink}.
{Meadow pipit} (Zo["o]l.), a small singing bird of the genus
{Anthus}, as {Anthus pratensis}, of Europe.
{Meadow rue} (Bot.), a delicate early plant, of the genus
{Thalictrum}, having compound leaves and numerous white
flowers. There are many species.
{Meadow saffron}. (Bot.) See under {Saffron}.
{Meadow sage}. (Bot.) See under {Sage}.
{Meadow saxifrage} (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant of Europe
({Silaus pratensis}), somewhat resembling fennel.
{Meadow snipe} (Zo["o]l.), the common or jack snipe.
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 great length of the hind claw. They
are, therefore, often called {titlarks}, and {pipit larks}.
Note: The {meadow pipit} ({Anthus pratensis}); the {tree
pipit}, or tree lark ({Anthus trivialis}); and the
{rock pipit}, or sea lark ({Anthus obscurus}) are
well-known European species. The common American pipit,
or brown lark, is {Anthus Pensilvanicus}. The Western
species ({Anthus Spraguei}) is called the {American
skylark}, on account of its musical powers.