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Definition: AEgithalos caudatus
Titmouse
\Tit"mouse`\, n.; pl.
Titmice. [OE. titemose,
titmase; tit small, or a small bird + AS. m[=a]se 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.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of small insectivorous singing
birds belonging to
Parus and allied genera; -- called also
tit, and
tomtit.
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Note: The blue titmouse (
Parus c[oe]ruleus), the marsh
titmouse (
Parus palustris), the crested titmouse
(
Parus cristatus), the great titmouse (
Parus major
), and the long tailed titmouse (
[AE]githalos caudatus
), are the best-known European species. See
Chickadee.
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