tufted titmouse

noun

: a large titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor synonym Parus bicolor) chiefly of the eastern U.S. and Mexico that has a gray, pointed crest, gray back, white underparts, and rust-colored sides see black-crested titmouse

Word History

First Known Use

1862, in the meaning defined above

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