titlark

American  

[tit-lahrk] / ˈtɪtˌlɑrk /

noun

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

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titlark British  

/ ˈtɪtˌlɑːk /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of titlark

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

Example Sentences

He made no attempt to learn anything from them, however, but kept on practicing what the titlark had taught him, quite unconscious of anything singular or unpatriotic in such a course.

From Birds in the Bush by Torrey, Bradford

Or why it is permissible to slay a minute bird such as a snipe, while a titlark is on no account to be touched.

From Baboo Jabberjee, B.A. by Anstey, F.

Ah!" said the titlark, "I told you that secret.

From News from the Duchy by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

His descent after the song is finished is very rapid, and precisely like that of the titlark when it sweeps down from its course to alight on the ground.

From Wake-Robin by Burroughs, John

Pipit, pip′it, n. a genus of birds resembling larks in plumage and wagtails in habits, the most common British species being the titlark.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various