Titmouse
Pronunciation : Tit"mouse`
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [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.] (Zo?l.)
Definition : 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 (?githalos caudatus), are the best-known European species. See Chickadee.
pl. Titmice.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913