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crow-tit

crow-tit noun: any small titlike bird of the family Paradoxornithidae, noted for their curved, parrotlike bills.

crow-tit: any small titlike bird of the family Paradoxornithidae, noted for their curved, parrotlike bills
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Noun

crow-tit (plural crow-tits)

  1. Any small titlike bird of the family Paradoxornithidae, noted for their curved, parrotlike bills.
    • The parrotbills or crow-tits, Paradoxornithidae, are a family of small tit-like birds found in Europe and Asia, most in India and South China.1964, Hans Hvass, Birds of the World in Color, page 28
    • "Nobody says that. But in my opinion, it's better for poor people to act like what they are. A crow tit shouldn't imitate a crane."1983, Home-Coming and Other Korean Short Stories, page 101
    Synonyms:
    parrotbill

Synonyms of crow-tit

Forms of crow-tit

pluralcrow-tits
alternative formcrow tit

Questions about crow-tit

What does crow-tit mean?
Crow-tit means any small titlike bird of the family Paradoxornithidae, noted for their curved, parrotlike bills.
What part of speech is crow-tit?
Crow-tit is a noun.
What is the plural of crow-tit?
The plural of crow-tit is crow-tits.

Words near crow-tit in the dictionary

  1. crow-lines
  2. crow-shrike
  3. crow-shrikes
  4. crow-silk
  5. crow-silks
  6. crow-tit
  7. crow-tits
  8. crow-trodden
  9. Crowan
  10. crowbait
  11. crowbaits

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