black-crested titmouse

noun

: a titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus synonym Parus atricristatus) of Texas, Oklahoma, and Mexico that has a black crest and that is sometimes considered as belonging to the same species as the tufted titmouse

Word History

First Known Use

1872, in the meaning defined above

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