tom-tit

See also: tomtit and tom tit

English

Etymology

From the common given name Tom and tit, as in titmouse.

Pronunciation

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Noun

tom-tit (plural tom-tits)

(ornithology) Petroica macrocephala, the miromiro or New Zealand tit, a bird of the Petroicidae (Australasian robin) family.

Translations

Petroica macrocephala

French: miro mésange
German: Maorischnäpper m
Ido: paruo (io)
Maori: miromiro, hōmiromiro

See also

tom tit

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