crow-tit

noun

crow-tit

noun

1

Any small titlike bird of the family Paradoxornithidae, noted for their curved, parrotlike bills.

The parrotbills or crow-tits, Paradoxornithidae, are a family of small tit-like birds found in Europe and Asia, most in India and South China.1964, Hans Hvass, Birds of the World in Color, page 28:
"Nobody says that. But in my opinion, it's better for poor people to act like what they are. A crow tit shouldn't imitate a crane."1983, Home-Coming and Other Korean Short Stories, page 101:

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We swam in the stream, caught locusts and dragon flies, hunted for eggs laid by Korean crow tits in the rice paddies, […]1998, Mia Yun, House of the Winds, page 130:

Synonyms: parrotbill

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