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Definition: Parus major
Oxeye
\Ox"eye`\, n. [Ox + eye.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) The oxeye daisy. See under
Daisy.
(b) The corn camomile (
Anthemis arvensis).
(c) A genus of composite plants (
Buphthalmum) with large
yellow flowers.
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2. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A titmouse, especially the great titmouse (
Parus major
) and the blue titmouse (
Parus c[oe]ruleus).
[Prov. Eng.]
(b) The dunlin.
(c) A fish; the bogue, or box.
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Creeping oxeye (Bot.) a West Indian composite plant
(
Wedelia carnosa).
Seaside oxeye (Bot.), a West Indian composite shrub
(
Borrichia arborescens).
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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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