blackcap

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blackcap

/ˈblækˌkæp/ US

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

noun blackcaps

A small Old World warbler, Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), which is mainly grey with a black crown.
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.
An apple roasted until black, to be served in a dish of boiled custard.
Canada, US The blackcap raspberry (Rubus leucodermis).

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@misc{blackcap_2026,
  title = {blackcap},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/blackcap},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}