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tit|mouse «TIHT _MOWS», noun, plural -mice.

any one of a family of small birds with short bills and mostly gray feathers, related to the nuthatches and found in nearly all parts of the world: »

The chickadee is the most common North American titmouse (Arthur A. Allen).

╂[Middle English titemose < tit titmouse + Old English māse titmouse; influenced by mouse]