blackcap
English
Etymology
Noun
blackcap (plural blackcaps)
- (obsolete, UK, US, regional) Any of various species of titmouse (of the family Paridae), including the black-capped chickadee (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 780: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template., syn. Lua error in Module:parameters at line 780: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.). [17th–19th c.]
- A small Old World warbler (Eurasian blackcap(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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- 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 Lua error in Module:parameters at line 307: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "capofuscolo" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.], she collected them and presented them to the king with the same message.
- 2007, Nancy L. Canepa, translating Giambattista Basile, Tale of Tales, Penguin 2007, II.4:
- (cooking) An apple roasted until black, to be served in a dish of boiled custard. [from 18th c.]
- (Canada, US) Whitebark raspberry (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 780: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.). [from 19th c.]
Derived terms
- bush blackcap (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 780: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Eurasian blackcap(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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Translations
Sylvia atricapilla
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