rock pipit

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A rock pipit

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rock pipit (plural rock pipits)

  1. A stocky bird, of species Anthus petrosus, somewhat smaller than a starling, that breeds on rocky beaches and winters on coastal salt marshes.
    • 2020, Tim Ecott, The Land of Maybe, Short Books, published 2021, page 46:
      There are rock pipits here too, nervy little creatures streaked brown with a touch of olive green on the chest.

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