titmouse

2 definitions found

titmouse - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.] (Zool.)
     Any one of numerous species of small insectivorous singing
     birds belonging to Parus and allied genera; -- called also
     tit, and tomtit.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: The blue titmouse (Parus coeruleus), the marsh
           titmouse (Parus palustris), the crested titmouse
           (Parus cristatus), the great titmouse (Parus major
           ), and the long tailed titmouse (Aegithalos caudatus
           ), are the best-known European species. See
           Chickadee.
           [1913 Webster]

titmouse - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  titmouse
      n 1: small insectivorous birds [syn: titmouse, tit]