Blackcap
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈblækˌkæp/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Blackcap is a noun meaning A small Old World warbler, Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), which is mainly grey with a black crown.
Meaning
A small Old World warbler, Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), which is mainly grey with a black crown.
More Meanings
- (cooking) An apple roasted until black, to be served in a dish of boiled custard.
- (Canada, US) The blackcap raspberry (Rubus leucodermis).
- (obsolete, UK, US, dialectal) Any of various species of titmouse (of the family Paridae), including the black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus, syn. Parus atricapillus).
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- blackcaps
Synonyms for blackcap
Depending on context, synonyms include pewit, thimbleberry.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include thimbleberry, pewit, warbler, raspberries, haybird, blackpoll.
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