coalmouse

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Noun === coalmouse (plural coalmouses or coalmice) Any of species Periparus ater of small titmouses with a black head; a coaltit. === References === Parus ater on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Parus ater on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Parus ater on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons “coalmouse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.