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

"What will you give him?" asked the titlark.

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

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

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

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

From My Studio Neighbors by Gibson, William Hamilton

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.

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