coalmouse

English

A coalmouse

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.

Noun

coalmouse (plural coalmouses or coalmice)

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

References

• Parus ater on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Parus ater on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Parus ater on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• “coalmouse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.