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bottle-tom

bottle-tom noun: synonym of long-tailed tit, Aegithalos caudatus.

Noun

bottle-tom (plural bottle-toms)

  1. Synonym of long-tailed tit, Aegithalos caudatus.
    • […] there is no more engaging sight than a colony of “bottle-toms” flitting along from tree to tree and from branch to branch in perfect harmony and contentment.1914, John Vaughan, Winchester Cathedral Close: Its Historical and Literary Associations, pages 160-161
    Synonyms:
    long-tailed tit, Aegithalos caudatus

Synonyms of bottle-tom

Forms of bottle-tom

pluralbottle-toms

Origin of bottle-tom

From bottle (from the shape of its nest) + the common given name Tom.

Questions about bottle-tom

What does bottle-tom mean?
Bottle-tom means synonym of long-tailed tit, Aegithalos caudatus.
What part of speech is bottle-tom?
Bottle-tom is a noun.
What is the plural of bottle-tom?
The plural of bottle-tom is bottle-toms.

Words near bottle-tom in the dictionary

  1. bottle-sickness
  2. bottle-smasher
  3. bottle-sucker
  4. bottle-suckers
  5. bottle-tight
  6. bottle-tom
  7. bottle-toms
  8. bottleable
  9. bottlebrush
  10. bottlebrushes
  11. bottlecap

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