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coalmouse

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
coal-mouse
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the species Periparus ater of small titmouses with a black head; a coaltit.

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: colmose, colmāse, *kolamaisā

Inflected Forms

coalmouses (plural) coalmice (plural)

Questions

What does coalmouse mean?
Any member of the species Periparus ater of small titmouses with a black head; a coaltit.
Where does coalmouse come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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