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black-cap chickadee

Blackcap \Black"cap`\ (-k[a^]p`), n.

  1. (Zo["o]l.)

    1. A small European song bird ( Sylvia atricapilla), with a black crown; the mock nightingale.

    2. An American titmouse ( Parus atricapillus); the chickadee. Also called the black-cap chickadee.

  2. (Cookery) An apple roasted till black, to be served in a dish of boiled custard.

  3. The black raspberry.