'black-cap chickadee' definitions:

Definition of 'black-cap chickadee'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Cookery) An apple roasted till black, to be served in a dish of boiled custard. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. The black raspberry. [1913 Webster]

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