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Webster 1913 Edition


Blackcap

Black′capˊ

(-kăpˊ)
,
Noun.
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
.
2.
(Cookery)
An apple roasted till black, to be served in a dish of boiled custard.
3.
The black raspberry.