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TITMICE
TITMOUSE
titmouse, tit
(noun) small insectivorous birds
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
titmice
plural of titmouse
Source: Wiktionary
TITMOUSE
Tit"mouse`, n.; pl. Titmice. Etym: [OE. titemose, titmase; tit small, or a small bird + AS. mase 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.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any one of numerous species of small insectivorous singing birds belonging to Parus and allied genera; -- called also tit, and tomtit.
Note: The blue titmouse (Parus coeruleus), the marsh titmouse (P. palustris), the crested titmouse (P. cristatus), the great titmouse (P. major), and the long tailed titmouse (Ægithalos caudatus), are the best-known European species. See Chickadee.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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