TITMOUSE
titmouse, tit
(noun) small insectivorous birds
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
titmouse (plural titmouses or titmice)
Any small passerine bird of the family Paridae, which are found in the woods of the Northern Hemisphere and of Africa.
Synonyms
• tit
Anagrams
• time outs, time-outs, timeouts, times out, tsumoite
Source: Wiktionary
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