Any of various small gray-and-black songbirds of North America.
Any of several small North American oscine birds (genus Poecile of the family Paridae) that are related to the titmice, usually have the crown of the head distinctly darker than the body, and have sometimes been placed especially formerly in a related genus (Parus)
1. Any one of numerous species of small singing birds belonging to the families Parid and Leiotrichid; a titmouse.
2. A teat.
ETYM Old Eng. titemose, titmase.
(Irregular plural: titmice).
Small insectivorous birds; SYN. tit.
Any of a family (Paridae) of small birds of the order Passeriformes, found worldwide except in South America and Australia. There are 65 species, all agile and hardy, and often seen hanging upside down from twigs to feed. In North America many of the species are called chickadees.
North American species include the tufted titmouse Parus bicolor, with a gray crest, and the black-capped chickadee P. atricapillus.