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Definition of Blue tit
1. Noun. Widely distributed European titmouse with bright cobalt blue wings and tail and crown of the head.
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
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, ..."