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Meanings of
titmouse
in English
Portuguese
abelharuco
Catalan
mallerenga
Spanish
paro
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A small passerine bird of the genus Parus or the family Paridae, common in the northern hemisphere.
tit
chickadee
Portuguese
abelharuco
Synonyms
Examples for "
tit
"
tit
chickadee
Examples for "
tit
"
1
Check and balance;
tit
for tat; give and take; loss and profit.
2
But pockets of violence remain and
tit
-
for
-
tat
killings on both sides continued.
3
This time, though, there is no obvious way to end the
tit
-
for
-
tat
.
4
A year later she's back and I slice off the other
tit
.
5
In blackthorn the long-tailed
tit
builds the domed nest every one admires.
1
Just in front a
chickadee
hung and twittered among the birch twigs.
2
Surely the
chickadee
is one of the dearest little fellows that fly.
3
At break of day we heard the chirrup of the
chickadee
,
the sparrow.
4
No
chickadee
concerts in the morning, no crow music at noon.
5
No, indeed, no robin or
chickadee
could build such nests as the swallow.
Usage of
titmouse
in English
1
Avram listens to Ora and a
titmouse
chirps joyously in the thicket.
2
Sometimes, hanging with head downward, the bird suggests a yellow
titmouse
.
3
These include the northern cardinal, American robin, Eastern bluebird, tufted
titmouse
and red-bellied woodpecker.
4
It often hangs lice a
titmouse
,
with its back downwards.
5
It often hangs like a
titmouse
,
with its back downwards.
6
That a
titmouse
should ruffle its feathers and upbraid me!
7
The blue
titmouse
,
or nun, is a great frequenter of houses, and a general devourer.
8
Old Izan put out a gnarled hand to feed the
titmouse
a few live insects.
9
These four are the white-breasted nuthatch, tufted
titmouse
,
downy woodpecker, and the merry little chickadee.
10
Here a
titmouse
and a woodpecker were shot, and the bluebirds were singing in the snow.
11
The blackthorn is much lichened, the lichen which is built into the domed nest of the long-tailed
titmouse
.
12
Because you are a Hercules, and I a
titmouse
,
don't think I am overawed by your knitted eyebrows.
13
The "tidif" mentioned in Chaucer is by some supposed to be the
titmouse
,
by others the wren.
14
A
titmouse
came and perched on the arm of my chair while sitting reading on the verandah at Gulmarg.
15
The black-capped
titmouse
or the chickadee is noticeable for his sprightliness and cheeriness, and for his trim, tailor-made appearance.
16
I had well nigh forgotten my little favourites, a species of the
titmouse
,
that does not entirely forsake us.
Other examples for "titmouse"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
titmouse
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
tuft titmouse
blue titmouse
cap titmouse
crested titmouse
drunk titmouse
More collocations
Translations for
titmouse
Portuguese
abelharuco
milharós
chapim
Catalan
mallerenga
Spanish
paro
Titmouse
through the time