[syn: blackcap, Silvia atricapilla]
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
blackcap
n 1: raspberry native to eastern North America having black
thimble-shaped fruit [syn: black raspberry, blackcap,
blackcap raspberry, thimbleberry, Rubus occidentalis]
2: small black-headed European gull [syn: laughing gull,
blackcap, pewit, pewit gull, Larus ridibundus]
3: chickadee having a dark crown [syn: black-capped chickadee,
blackcap, Parus atricapillus]
4: small brownish-grey warbler with a black crown [syn:
blackcap, Silvia atricapilla]