coalmouse

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noun

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

OriginMiddle English colmose ← Old English colmāse ← Proto-West Germanic *kolamaisā →
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Meanings

nouncoalmouse (plural coalmouses or coalmice)

plural coalmouses · plural coalmice

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

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
coaltit

Origin

  1. Proto-West Germanic*kolamaisā
  2. Old Englishcolmāse“coalmouse”
  3. Middle Englishcolmose
  4. Englishcoalmouse

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.

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APA

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coalmouse,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coalmouse.

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