blackcap
A small Old World warbler, Eurasian blackcap, which is mainly grey with a black crownA small Old World warbler, Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), which is mainly grey with a black crown.
» I am a blackcap.
Ich bin eine Mönchsgrasmücke.
Meaning
4 sensesA small Old World warbler, Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), which is mainly grey with a black crown.
small brownish-grey warbler with a black crown
An apple roasted until black, to be served in a dish of boiled custard.
(Canada, US)The blackcap raspberry (Rubus leucodermis).
(UK, US, dialectal, obsolete)Any of various species of titmouse (of the family Paridae), including the black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus, syn. Parus atricapillus).
Examples
2 sentencesI am a blackcap.
deIch bin eine Mönchsgrasmücke.
The Eurasian blackcap's songs can be heard from two to two-thirty p.m.
Origin
Calque of Latin ātricapillus (“blackcap; black-haired”), itself a calque of Ancient GreekCalque of Latin ātricapillus (“blackcap; black-haired”), itself a calque of Ancient Greek μελαγκόρυφος (melankóruphos). By surface analysis, black + cap.
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Forms
plural: blackcapsSynonyms
11 synonyms- small brownish-grey warbler with a black crown:Silvia atricapilla
- chickadee having a dark crown:black-capped chickadeeParus atricapillus
- small black-headed European gull:laughing gullpewitpewit gullLarus ridibundus
- raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit:black raspberryblackcap raspberrythimbleberryRubus occidentalis