Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - titmouse
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Titmouse
titmouse
noun (plural titmice) Etymology: by folk etymology from Middle English titmose, from *tit any small object or creature + mose ~, from Old English mase; akin to Old High German meisa ~ Date: 14th century any of several small North American oscine birds (genus Baeolophus of the family Paridae) that are related to the chickadees, have small bills and usually long tails, and have been sometimes placed especially formerly in a related genus (Parus)
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n. (pl. titmice) any of various small tits, esp. of the genus Parus. Etymology: ME titmose f. TIT(1) + OE mase titmouse, assim. to MOUSE ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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- c.1325, titmose, from tit (2) (expressing something small) + O.E. mase "titmouse," from P.Gmc. *maison, from adj. *maisa- "little, tiny." Spelling infl. 16c. by mouse. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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