■ noun ( plural titmice ) a small songbird, typically foraging acrobatically among foliage and branches. [Many species, chiefly in the family Paridae.]
Origin
ME: from tit 1 + obs. mose '~' (assimilated to mouse ).
TITMOUSE
Meaning of TITMOUSE in English
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004