titmouse

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a tufted titmouse, Baeolophus bicolor

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English titmose, compound of tit (“small bird”) and mose, from Old English māse (“titmouse”), from Proto-Germanic *maisǭ (compare Dutch mees, German Meise, Old Norse meisingr, French mésange), from *maisaz (“tiny, puny”) (compare Norwegian meis (“skinny weakling”)). Spelling as well as the plural form in imitation of the otherwise unrelated mouse.

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  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈtɪtmaʊs/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

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titmouse (plural titmouses or titmice)

  1. Any small passerine bird of the family Paridae, which are found in the woods of the Northern Hemisphere and of Africa.

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