crow-tit

plural crow-tits · alternative crow tit

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

   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

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   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

   Synonyms: parrotbill