bottle-tom

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bottle-tom

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From bottle (from the shape of its nest) + the common given name Tom.

noun bottle-toms

Synonym of long-tailed tit, Aegithalos caudatus. […] there is no more engaging sight than a colony of “bottle-toms” flitting along from tree to tree and from branch to branch in perfect harmony and contentment.
Similar: long-tailed tit, Aegithalos caudatus

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@misc{bottle_tom_2026,
  title = {bottle-tom},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bottle-tom},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}