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