bridled titmouse

noun

: a black-throated titmouse (Baeolophus wollweberi synonym Parus wollweberi) of Arizona, New Mexico, and Mexico that has black and white facial markings resembling a bridle

Word History

First Known Use

1872, in the meaning defined above

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