Blackcap

//ˈblækˌkæp// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A small Old World warbler, Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), which is mainly grey with a black crown.
  2. 2
    small brownish-grey warbler with a black crown wordnet
  3. 3
    Any of various species of titmouse (of the family Paridae), including the black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus, syn. Parus atricapillus). UK, US, dialectal, obsolete

    "Other times the cat would run off to the hunting grounds, either the swamps or the Astroni, and when the hunters shot down an oriole or a great tit or a blackcap [translating capofuscolo], she collected them and presented them to the king with the same message."

  4. 4
    chickadee having a dark crown wordnet
  5. 5
    An apple roasted until black, to be served in a dish of boiled custard.
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  1. 6
    small black-headed European gull wordnet
  2. 7
    The blackcap raspberry (Rubus leucodermis). Canada, US
  3. 8
    raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
black capped chickadeeblack raspberryblack raspberryblack-capped chickadeeblackcap raspberrylarus ridibundus

Example

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"The eggs differ from those of the Blackcap and Garden Warbler in being white, spotted, chiefly at the larger end, with ash-grey."

Etymology

From black + cap.

Related phrases

Eurasian blackcapWilson's blackcapblackcap raspberrybush blackcapblack capped chickadeeold worldwhitebark raspberry

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