blue tit
noun1
A bird of species Cyanistes caeruleus of tits in family Paridae, with an azure blue crown and dark blue line passing through the eye and encircling the white cheeks to the chin.
2
A bird of species Cyanistes teneriffae, which species was formerly included in C. caeruleus, of northwestern Africa.
- Synonyms
- blue titmouse, pickcheese
- Derived terms
- African blue tit, Eurasian blue tit