blackcap

Definitions

1. A small Old World warbler, Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), which is mainly grey with a black crown.
2. Any of various species of titmouse (of the family Paridae), including the black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus, syn. Parus atricapillus).
   UK, US, dialectal, obsolete
3. An apple roasted until black, to be served in a dish of boiled custard.
4. The blackcap raspberry (Rubus leucodermis).
   Canada, US

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

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