titmouse

/ˈtɪtmaʊs/

Etymology

From Middle English titmose, compound of tit (“small bird”) and mose, from Old English māse (“titmouse”), from Proto-West Germanic *maisā, from Proto-Germanic *maisǭ (compare Dutch mees, German Meise, Old Norse meisingr, French mésange), from *maisaz (“tiny, puny”) (compare Norwegian meis (“skinny weakling”)). Spelling as well as the plural form in imitation of the otherwise unrelated mouse.

titmouse means any small passerine bird mostly of the genus Baeolophus, which are found in the woods of the Northern Hemisphere and of Africa. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.

titmouse is pronounced /ˈtɪtmaʊs/.

noun

Any small passerine bird mostly of the genus Baeolophus, which are found in the woods of the Northern Hemisphere and of Africa.