"coalmouse" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: coalmouses [plural], coalmice [plural]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|colmose}} Middle English colmose, {{m|enm|collemase}} collemase, {{inh|en|ang|colmāse||coalmouse}} Old English colmāse (“coalmouse”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*kolamaisā}} Proto-West Germanic *kolamaisā, {{compound|en|coal|titmouse|alt2=(tit)mouse}} coal + (tit)mouse, {{cog|stq|Koolmeeske}} Saterland Frisian Koolmeeske, {{cog|nl|koolmees}} Dutch koolmees, {{cog|nds-de|Kohlmeeske}} German Low German Kohlmeeske, {{cog|de|Kohlmeise}} German Kohlmeise Head templates: {{en-noun|s|coalmice}} coalmouse (plural coalmouses or coalmice)
  1. Any of species Periparus ater of small titmouses with a black head; a coaltit. Categories (lifeform): Tits

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