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blackcap

/ˈblækˌkæp/

blackcap noun: a small Old World warbler, Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), which is mainly grey with a black crown.

blackcap: gray sparrow bird perched on tree branch selective focus photography
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Noun

blackcap (plural blackcaps)

  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).
    • 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.2007, Giambattista Basile, translated by Nancy L. Canepa, Tale of Tales, Penguin, II.4
  3. An apple roasted until black, to be served in a dish of boiled custard.
  4. (Canada, US) The blackcap raspberry (Rubus leucodermis).

blackcap meaning in Tamil

blackcap in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும்

Forms of blackcap

pluralblackcaps

Origin of blackcap

Calque of Latin ātricapillus (“blackcap; black-haired”), itself a calque of Ancient Greek μελαγκόρυφος (melankóruphos). By surface analysis, black + cap.

Words formed from blackcap

Phrases with blackcap

Questions about blackcap

What does blackcap mean?
Blackcap means a small Old World warbler, Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), which is mainly grey with a black crown.
What is blackcap in Tamil?
Blackcap in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும். See Blackcap meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is blackcap?
Blackcap is a noun.
How do you pronounce blackcap?
Blackcap is pronounced /ˈblækˌkæp/ (US).
What is the plural of blackcap?
The plural of blackcap is blackcaps.

Words near blackcap in the dictionary

  1. Blackburnian warbler
  2. Blackburnian warblers
  3. Blackburns
  4. blackbutt
  5. blackbutts
  6. blackcap
  7. blackcap raspberries
  8. blackcap raspberry
  9. blackcaps
  10. blackcel
  11. blackcels

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Adapted from Wiktionary: blackcap (page history and authors); blackcap (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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