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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The British titlark, water-pipit, or sea-lark, whose two most frequent technical names are Anthus aquaticus and A. obscurus.

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  • Then, again, our three common pipits -- the tree-pipit (Anthus arboreus), the meadow-pipit (Anthus pratensis), and the rock-pipit or sea-lark (Anthus obscurus) have each occupied a distinct place in nature to which they have become specially adapted, as indicated by the different form and size of the hind toe and claw in each species.

    Darwinism (1889) Alfred Russel Wallace 1868

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