Tit’mouse, n.

n.; pl. TIT’MICE. [From tit, small, little, and A-S. māse, a titmouse, D. mees, O. H. Ger. meisa, meisā, N. H. Ger. meise, id., Sw. mās, māse, a mew, gull; L. Ger. meeske, meeseke, Fr. mésange, a titmouse, Dan. musvit.] (Ornith.) A small perching bird of the genus Parus; the tit, or tomtit. There are numerous species, which feed on insects, seeds, and the like. Their notes are shrill and wild.