titmouse

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Any small passerine bird mostly of the genus Baeolophus, which are found in the woods of the Northern Hemisphere and of Africa.

Έννοιες

παπαδίτσα

αιγίθαλος

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)
/ˈtɪtmaʊs/
Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

In summary

From Middle English titmose, compound of tit (“small bird”) and mose, from Old English māse (“titmouse”), from Proto-West Germanic *maisā, from Proto-Germanic *maisǭ (compare Dutch mees, German Meise, Old Norse meisingr, French mésange), from *maisaz (“tiny, puny”) (compare Norwegian meis (“skinny weakling”)). Spelling as well as the plural form in imitation of the otherwise unrelated mouse.

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