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Definition of Ground tit

Ground tit
Tit Tit, n. 1. A small horse. --Tusser. 2. A woman; -- used in contempt. --Burton. 3. A morsel; a bit. --Halliwell. 4. [OE.; cf. Icel. titter a tit or small bird. The word probably meant originally, something small, and is perhaps the same as teat. Cf. Titmouse, Tittle.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of small singing birds belonging to the families Parid[ae] and Leiotrichid[ae]; a titmouse. (b) The European meadow pipit; a titlark. Ground tit. (Zo["o]l.) See Wren tit, under Wren. Hill tit (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of Asiatic singing birds belonging to Siva, Milna, and allied genera. Tit babbler (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of small East Indian and Asiatic timaline birds of the genus Trichastoma. Tit for tat. [Probably for tip for tap. See Tip a slight blow.] An equivalent; retaliation. Tit thrush (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of Asiatic and East Indian birds belonging to Suthora and allied genera. In some respects they are intermediate between the thrushes and titmice.

Meaning of Ground tit from wikipedia

- The ground tit, Tibetan ground-tit or Hume's ground-tit (Pseudopodoces humilis) is a bird of the Tibetan plateau north of the Himalayas. The peculiar...
- The ****, chickadees, and titmice constitute the Paridae, a large family of small p****erine birds which occur mainly in the Northern Hemisphere and Africa...
- readily perch on trees and bushes also. The ground tit (Pseudopodoces humilis), previously Hume's ground jay, has changed its placement within the P****eriformes...
- molecular mechanism of high-altitude adaptation was elucidated in the Tibetan ground tit (Pseudopodoces humilis) using a draft genome sequence. Gene family expansion...
- was a term used by Aristotle for some European ****, including the long-tailed tit. The long-tailed tit was formally described by the Swedish naturalist...
- The Eurasian blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) is a small p****erine bird in the tit family, Paridae. It is easily recognizable by its blue and yellow plumage...
- The great tit (Parus major) is a small p****erine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is a widespread and common species throughout Europe, the Middle East...
- The marsh tit (Poecile palustris) is a Eurasian p****erine bird in the tit family Paridae and genus Poecile, closely related to the willow tit, Père David's...
- The coal tit (Periparus ater), is a small p****erine bird in the tit family, Paridae. It is a widespread and common resident breeder in forests throughout...
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