blackcap

Meaning

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

Synonyms

black raspberry

thimbleberry

pewit gull

laughing gull

black-capped chickadee

pewit

blackcap raspberry

Larus ridibundus

Rubus occidentalis

Parus atricapillus

Silvia atricapilla

wild raspberry

wagtail

wagtail-warbler

Eurasian blackcap

Translations

Sylvia atricapilla

fauvette à tête noire

capinera

Mönchsgrasmücke

curruca capirotada

zwartkop

tallarol de casquet

Mönch

curruca

larus ridibundus

parus atricapillus

mésange à tête noire

mouette atricille

schwarzscheiteliger Sänger

Etymology

From black + cap.