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chickadee
CIDE DICTIONARY
chickadee, n.
A small bird, the blackcap titmouse (Parus atricapillus ), of North America; -- named from its note. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
chickadee, n. US any of various small birds of the tit family, esp. Parus atricapillus with a distinctive dark-crowned head.
Etymology
imit.
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