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[syn: black-capped chickadee, blackcap, Parus atricapillus]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Blackcap \Black"cap`\ (-k[a^]p`), n.
1. (Zool.)
(a) A small European song bird (Sylvia atricapilla),
with a black crown; the mock nightingale.
(b) An American titmouse (Parus atricapillus); the
chickadee. Also called the black-cap chickadee.
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2. (Cookery) An apple roasted till black, to be served in a
dish of boiled custard.
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3. The black raspberry.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Chickadee \Chick"a*dee`\, n. (Zool.)
A small bird, the blackcap titmouse (Parus atricapillus),
of North America; -- named from its note.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Parus atricapillus
n 1: chickadee having a dark crown [syn: black-capped
chickadee, blackcap, Parus atricapillus]