titmouse
noun
any of numerous, widely distributed, small songbirds of the family Paridae, especially of the genus Parus, having soft, thick plumage and a short, stout, conical bill.
titmice
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pluralof titmouse.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Soon, my feeder feed was filling with black-capped chickadees, dark-eyed juncos and tufted titmice from 2,000 miles away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2023
A male and a female goldfinch, white-breasted nuthatches, slate-colored juncos, chickadees and tufted titmice were just some we could name.
From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2023
Populations of American crows, tufted titmice, gray catbirds and brown thrashers dropped below normal during the cicada emergence year—and then increased the following year, after which they stabilized.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 9, 2021
I thought of getting one of those plastic owls and sticking it outside, but I realized it might scare away the birds we do like to attract: the cardinals, titmice, finches and wrens.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 19, 2019
In a shady hollow, one day of early spring, a pair of tufted titmice were supplying the wants of a family of famishing children, and I invited myself to the family reunion.
From Our Bird Comrades by Leander S. (Leander Sylvester) Keyser
