Black·cap n.
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.
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Chick·a·dee n. Zool. A small bird, the blackcap titmouse (Parus atricapillus), of North America; -- named from its note.
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Parus atricapillus
n : Chickadee having a dark crown [syn: black-capped chickadee,
blackcap]