BLACKCAP

blackcap, Silvia atricapilla

(noun) small brownish-grey warbler with a black crown

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

blackcap (plural blackcaps)

A small Old World warbler, Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), which is mainly grey with a black crown. [from 17th c.]

(obsolete, UK, US, regional) Any of various species of titmouse (of the family Paridae), including the black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus, syn. Parus atricapillus). [17th–19th c.]

(cookery) An apple roasted until black, to be served in a dish of boiled custard. [from 18th c.]

(North America) Whitebark raspberry (Rubus leucodermis). [from 19th c.]

Anagrams

• clap back, clapback

Source: Wiktionary


Black"cap`, n.

1. (Zoöl.) (a) A small European song bird (Sylvia atricapilla), with a black crown; the mock nightingale. (b) An American titmouse (Parus atricapillus); the chickadee.

2. (Cookery)

Definition: An apple roasted till black, to be served in a dish of boiled custard.

3. The black raspberry.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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