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Answer for the clue "Bird related to the chickadee ", 8 letters:
titmouse

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Word definitions for titmouse in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Titmouse may refer to: Baeolophus , the genus of bird commonly known as titmice Tit (bird) , the European titmouse Titmouse, Inc. , a U.S. animation studio Pointing stick , a style of computer mouse

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any small passerine bird of the family Paridae, which are found in the woods of the northern hemisphere and of Africa.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 ...

Usage examples of titmouse.

Occasionally, squirrels dashed across the path in front of the travelers, and juncos, nuthatches, and titmice descended from higher branches to investigate or scold.

Banded Epeira with that of the Penduline Titmouse, the cleverest of our small birds in the art of nest-building.

Sergeant bent over and examined the strands like a predacious bird about to pounce on a tasty tidbit of titmouse.

Banded Epeira with that of the Penduline Titmouse, the cleverest of our small birds in the art of nest-building.

Occasionally, squirrels dashed across the path in front of the travelers, and juncos, nuthatches, and titmice descended from higher branches to investigate or scold.

Every hollow tree--and there are many hollow trees where none are felled--has its nest of starlings, or titmice, or woodpeckers.

I can identify a split infinitive or dangling participle or hyphenated neologism, but I'm not equipped to spot a tufted titmouse or yellow-bellied sapsucker.

They're all staying home, doing aerobics in front of the VCR, eating wheat germ and egg whites or whatever the hell it is they eat, drinking nothing but bottled water and fruit juice and titmouse milk.

They very soon stopped catching their breaths every time a harder puff of wind sent the Titmouse heeling over, and Tom said they would do all right as soon as they had learnt that when you are steering you must think of nothing else.

In our own country the larger titmouse (parus major) may be seen climbing branches, almost like a creeper.