tufted titmouse
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of tufted titmouse
An Americanism dating back to 1825–35
Example Sentences
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“I am happy when I watch a tufted titmouse, nuthatch or any other bird fly to one of my feeders and chow down on a big fat nut or seed,” wrote Donna McDowell of Gaithersburg.
From Washington Post • Feb. 14, 2023
Last spring, Dr. Pollock was participating in his university’s annual spring bird count when a tufted titmouse caught his eye.
From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2021
Velociraptor mongoliensis is no beauty either, but its three forward-facing toes, swivel-jointed wrists and wishbone put it in the same company as a cute tufted titmouse.
From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2016
At its annual convention North Carolina's State Federation of Women's Clubs had pondered the fact that Alabama has officially adopted the flicker as its State bird, Massachusetts the veery, West Virginia the tufted titmouse.
From Time Magazine Archive
It may consist of two notes of a different pitch repeated steadily, as in the tufted titmouse.
From The Meaning of Evolution by Schmucker, Samuel Christian
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