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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ox·eye n.
 1. Bot. (a) The oxeye daisy. See under Daisy. (b) The corn camomile (Anthemis arvensis).  (c) A genus of composite plants (Buphthalmum) with large yellow flowers.
 2. Zool. (a)  A titmouse, especially the great titmouse (Parus major) and the blue titmouse (Parus coeruleus). [Prov. Eng.] (b) The dunlin. (c) A fish; the bogue, or box.
 Creeping oxeye Bot. a West Indian composite plant (Wedelia carnosa).
 Seaside oxeye Bot., a West Indian composite shrub (Borrichia arborescens).
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Tit·mouse n.; pl. Titmice   Zool. Any one of numerous species of small insectivorous singing birds belonging to Parus and allied genera; -- called also tit, and tomtit.
 Note: ☞ The blue titmouse (Parus coeruleus), the marsh titmouse (Parus palustris), the crested titmouse (Parus cristatus), the great titmouse (Parus major), and the long tailed titmouse (Aegithalos caudatus), are the best-known European species. See Chickadee.
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