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coalmouse

coalmouse noun: any member of the species Periparus ater of small titmouses with a black head; a coaltit.

coalmouse: any member of the species Periparus ater of small titmouses with a black head; a coaltit
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Noun

coalmouse (plural coalmouses or coalmice)

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

coalmouse meaning in Tamil

coalmouse in Tamil

கருநிறமுடைய சிறு பறவை வகை

Forms of coalmouse

pluralcoalmouses
pluralcoalmice

Origin of coalmouse

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.

Questions about coalmouse

What does coalmouse mean?
Coalmouse means any member of the species Periparus ater of small titmouses with a black head; a coaltit.
What is coalmouse in Tamil?
Coalmouse in Tamil is கருநிறமுடைய சிறு பறவை வகை. See Coalmouse meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is coalmouse?
Coalmouse is a noun.
What is the plural of coalmouse?
The plural of coalmouse is coalmouses.

Words near coalmouse in the dictionary

  1. coalminers
  2. coalmines
  3. coalmining
  4. coalmonger
  5. coalmongers
  6. coalmouse
  7. coalowner
  8. coalowners
  9. coalpit
  10. Coalpit Heath
  11. coalpits

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: coalmouse (page history and authors); coalmouse (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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