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titmouse

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Noun

HYPHEN

tit=mouse

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun titmouse has 1 sense

titmouse(n = noun.animal) tit - small insectivorous birds; Array

is a kind of oscine, oscine bird

is a member of family paridae, paridae

has particulars: chickadee, parus bicolor, tufted titmouse, blue tit, parus caeruleus, tomtit, bush tit, bushtit, chamaea fasciata, wren-tit, auriparus flaviceps, verdin

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CIDE DICTIONARY

titmouse, n. [OE. titemose, titmase; tit small, or a small bird + AS. māse a kind of small bird; akin to D. mees a titmouse, G. meise, OHG. meisa, Icel. meisingr. The English form has been influenced by the unrelated word mouse. Cf. Tit a small bird.].

Any one of numerous species of small insectivorous singing birds belonging to Parus and allied genera; -- called also tit, and tomtit. [1913 Webster]

" The blue titmouse (Parus cœruleus), the marsh titmouse (Parus palustris), the crested titmouse (Parus cristatus), the great titmouse (Parus major), and the long tailed titmouse (Ægithalos caudatus), are the best-known European species. See Chickadee." [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

titmouse, n. (pl. titmice) any of various small tits, esp. of the genus Parus.

Etymology

ME titmose f. TIT(1) + OE mase titmouse, assim. to MOUSE

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