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water pipit in American Englishnouna common, sparrow-sized pipit, Anthus spinoletta, of the Northern Hemisphere Examples of 'water pipit' in a sentencewater pipit Before us, on the muddy foreshore, a water pipit and a few snipe.Water pipits in winter are conspicuously white underneath, and have a pale eyestripe, whereas rock pipits are dark and spotty.Water pipits are scarce winter visitors to this country that must be finding life rather difficult at the moment.The water pipits will sometimes take refuge from bad weather by sitting in the entrance to a marmot's burrow. |