blackcap Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit
black raspberry; blackcap raspberry; Rubus occidentalis; thimbleberry.
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noun small black-headed European gull
pewit; pewit gull; laughing gull; Larus ridibundus.
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noun chickadee having a dark crown
Parus atricapillus; black-capped chickadee.
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noun small brownish-grey warbler with a black crown
Silvia atricapilla.
WordNet
Black"cap` noun
Definitions
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(Zoöl.) (a) A small European song bird ( Sylvia atricapilla ), with a black crown; the mock nightingale.(b) An American titmouse ( Parus atricapillus ); the chickadee. -
(Cookery) An apple roasted till black, to be served in a dish of boiled custard. -
The black raspberry.
