coalmouse
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English colmose, collemase, from Old English colmāse (“coalmouse”), from Proto-West Germanic *kolamaisā, equivalent to coal + (tit)mouse. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Koolmeeske, Dutch koolmees, German Low German Kohlmeeske, German Kohlmeise.
Noun[edit]
coalmouse (plural coalmouses or coalmice)
- Any of species Periparus ater of small titmouses with a black head; a coaltit.
References[edit]
Parus ater on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Parus ater on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Parus ater on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - “coalmouse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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