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buff-bel·lied pipit
Definition of buff-bellied pipit
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: american pipit The first rarities recorded were, in fact, American, two buff-bellied pipits which were probably migrating to South America when they were caught in a strong north-westerly and ended up here.— Damien Enright, Irish Examiner, 12 Nov. 2007
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