Crossword clues for titmouse
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 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.
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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
small, active bird, early 14c., titmose, from tit (n.2), expressing something small, + Old English mase "titmouse," from Proto-Germanic *maison (cognates: Dutch mees, German meise), from adj. *maisa- "little, tiny." Spelling influenced 16c. by unrelated mouse, "when mose had long been obsolete as an independent word" [OED]. The proper plural is titmouses.
Wiktionary
n. Any small passerine bird of the family Paridae, which are found in the woods of the northern hemisphere and of Africa.
WordNet
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
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.