titmouse

UK: /ˈtɪtˌmaʊs/ US: /ˈtɪtˌmaʊs/ ,(tit′mous′)

Inflections of 'titmouse' (n): npl: titmice

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

tit•mouse /ˈtɪtˌmaʊs/   n. [countable] , pl. -mice 

/-ˌmaɪs/ .
1. Birds a small songbird with a stout bill.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

tit•mouse  (tit′mous′), n., pl. -mice 

(-mīs′). 
1. Birds any of numerous, widely distributed, small songbirds of the family Paridae, esp. of the genus Parus, having soft, thick plumage and a short, stout, conical bill. Cf. tufted titmouse. 

• 1275–1325; Middle English tit(e)mose (see tit¹); mose, Old English māse titmouse; cognate with German Meise titmouse, Old Norse meis- in meisingr kind of bird; modern mouse by folk etymology, etymological

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

titmouse / ˈtɪtˌmaʊs/ noun ( -mice)

1. (usually plural) any small active songbird of the family Paridae, esp those of the genus Parus
   See tit1

Etymology: 14th Century titemous, from tite (see tit¹) + mouse