titlark

[ tit-lahrk ]

noun

1. any of several small, larklike birds, especially a pipit.

titlark

/ ˈtɪtˌlɑːk /

noun

1. another name for the pipit, esp the meadow pipit ( Anthus pratensis )

Word History and Origins

Origin of titlark¹

First recorded in 1660–70; tit ¹ + lark ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of titlark¹

C17: from tit ¹+ lark ¹

Example Sentences

The melody of singing birds ranks as follows: The nightingale first, then the linnet, titlark, sky lark and wood lark.

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Hearing a titlark singing his loudest, I found him perched on the rim of a tub placed for horses to drink from.

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On inquiry I found that some weeks before, the boys discovered a titlark's nest in the ground close to their cricket-piece.

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The scene of the tragedy was the nest of a pipit, or titlark, on the ground beneath a heather-bush.

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In figure it is more slender than the sky-lark; the plumage resembles that of the crested lark, and the form that of the titlark.

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