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  • proper noun A taxonomic genus within the family Paridae.

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Examples

  • Last, but not least, of our common tits is the crested black tit (_Lophophanes melanopterus_).

    Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916

  • As a body, alike in shape and coloration, they remind one of the eggs of many species of Indian Tit, especially those of _Lophophanes melanolophus_.

    The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 Allan Octavian Hume 1870

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