Penduline

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Penduline \Pen"du`line\, n. [F. See {Pendulum}.] (Zool.)
     A European titmouse ({Parus pendulinus}, syn. {Aegithalus
     pendulinus}). It is noted for its elegant pendulous purselike
     nest, made of the down of willow trees and lined with
     feathers.
     [1913 Webster]