coal titmousen.
/ˌkəʊl ˈtɪtmaʊs/, U.S. /ˌkoʊl ˈtɪtˌmaʊs/ Now rare
= coal tit n.
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1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. Pl. W (in figure) Cole Titmouse.
1812 Pennant's Brit. Zool. (new ed.) I. 535 The head of the cole titmouse is black.
1843 Penny Cycl. XXV. 3/2 The Coal-Titmouse..and the Marsh Titmouse all resort at times to buildings.
1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 33 British Cole Titmouse... Black ox-eye (Forfar).
1920 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 68 The coal titmouse can always be identified by a large spot of white on the back of his neck.
2006 D. Rothwell Dict. Pub Names 43/2 Black Cap... It is thus the name of the coal-titmouse, the marsh titmouse, the great titmouse, the reed-bunting, [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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