coalmouse

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English

A coalmouse

Etymology

From Middle English colmose, collemase, from Old English colmāse (coalmouse), from Proto-West Germanic *kolamaisā, equivalent to coal +‎ (tit)mouse. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Koolmeeske, Dutch koolmees, German Low German Kohlmeeske, German Kohlmeise.

Noun

coalmouse (plural coalmouses or coalmice)

  1. Any of species Periparus ater of small titmouses with a black head; a coaltit.

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