Category:Titmouse

Tit"mouse`, n.; pl. Titmice. Etym: [oe. titemose, titmase; tit small, Or a small bird + as. mase 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.] (zoöl.)

Defn: any one of numerous species of small insectivorous singing Birds belonging to parus and allied genera; -- called also tit, and Tomtit.

Note: the blue titmouse (parus coeruleus), the marsh titmouse (p. Palustris), the crested titmouse (p. cristatus), the great titmouse (p. major), and the long tailed titmouse (ægithalos caudatus), are The best-known european species. See chickadee.