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Webster 1913 Edition

Coalmouse

Coal′mouseˊ

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Noun.
(Zool.)
A small species of titmouse, with a black head; the coletit.

Definition 2024

coalmouse

coalmouse

English

A coalmouse

Wikispecies

Noun

coalmouse ‎(plural coalmouses or coalmice)

  1. A species of small titmouse with a black head; the coaltit, Parus ater.

Etymology

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

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