Definition of Blue tit

1. Noun. Widely distributed European titmouse with bright cobalt blue wings and tail and crown of the head.

Exact synonyms: Parus Caeruleus, Tomtit
Generic synonyms: Tit, Titmouse
Group relationships: Genus Parus, Parus

Definition of Blue tit

1. Noun. a small bird of the tit family Paridae, with an azure blue crown and dark blue line passing through the eye and encircling the white cheeks to the chin. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blue Tit

blue spots
blue star
blue starter
blue state
blue states
blue stem
blue stone
blue story
blue straggler
blue stragglers
blue succory
blue supergiant
blue supergiants
blue swimmer crab
blue thistle
blue tit
blue toadflax
blue toe syndrome
blue tulip
blue violet
blue vision
blue vitriol
blue wall
blue wall of silence
blue walleye
blue water
blue waters
blue whale
blue whales

Literary usage of Blue tit

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions by Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society, Norwick Eng, Thomas Southwell, Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society (1879)
"blue tit AND REDSTART NESTING IN HUMAN SKULLS. ... On reaching the head there flew out, first, an old blue tit, and after her the terrified family of nine ..."

2. Library of Natural History by Richard Lydekker (1901)
"Rearing its young in a great variety of situations, the same site being resorted to for many generations, the blue tit often nests in a hole upon the ground ..."

3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1884)
"In BERKSHIRE the little blue Tit-mouse is styled the "King of Birds." The legend as commonly told runs thus: The eagle summoned all kinds of birds together, ..."

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