noun (n)

• a songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country; has streaky brown plumage(noun.animal)

  Synonym:
  lark, pipit
  

  source: wordnet30
• Any one of numerous small spring birds belonging to Anthus, Corydalla, and allied genera, which resemble the true larks in color and in having a very long hind claw; especially, the European meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis).(noun)

  source: webster1913