'Sylvia atricapilla' definitions:
Definition of 'Sylvia atricapilla'
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]