blackcap
nounUS /ˈblækˌkæp/
Etymology From black + cap.
1
A small Old World warbler, Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), which is mainly grey with a black crown.
2
UK, US, Dialectal, Obsolete Any of various species of titmouse (of the family Paridae), including the black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus, syn. Parus atricapillus).
- 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.2007, Giambattista Basile, translated by Nancy L. Canepa, Tale of Tales, Penguin, II.4:
- Derived terms
- blackcap raspberry, bush blackcap, Eurasian blackcap, Wilson's blackcap