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bearded tit

American  

noun

  1. a small European bird, Panurus biarmicus, found in reedy places, the male of which has a tuft of black feathers on each side of the face.


bearded tit British  

noun

  1. another name for reedling

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Seven; but the crested tit is very uncommon, and the bearded tit does not occur in Shropshire.

From Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children by Houghton, W. (William)

I should sow tares among his wheat, if necessary, if I believed that tares would tempt a bearded tit or a golden oriole.

From The Pleasures of Ignorance by Lynd, Robert

Nor can the rarity of such birds as the little bearded tit be charged on game.

From The Life of the Fields by Jefferies, Richard