blackcap Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit
    black raspberry; blackcap raspberry; Rubus occidentalis; thimbleberry.
  2. noun small black-headed European gull
    pewit; pewit gull; laughing gull; Larus ridibundus.
  3. noun chickadee having a dark crown
    Parus atricapillus; black-capped chickadee.
  4. noun small brownish-grey warbler with a black crown
    Silvia atricapilla.

WordNet


Black"cap` noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) (a) A small European song bird (Sylvia atricapilla), with a black crown; the mock nightingale. (b) An American titmouse (Parus atricapillus); the chickadee.
  2. (Cookery) An apple roasted till black, to be served in a dish of boiled custard.
  3. The black raspberry.

Webster 1913