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coalmouse

noun

coalmouse

noun

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

1

Any of species Periparus ater of small titmouses with a black head; a coaltit.

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.