coalmouse

The English word “coalmouse” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

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

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.

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