Definition of pipit
: any of various small songbirds (family Motacillidae and especially genus Anthus) resembling the lark
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Some of the species have declined even more: Meadow pipit populations, for example, fell by 68 percent.
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Meadow pipits, for example, have declined by 68 percent.
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