Whitecap

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Whitecap \White"cap`\, n.
     1. (Zool.)
        (a) The European redstart; -- so called from its white
            forehead.
        (b) The whitethroat; -- so called from its gray head.
        (c) The European tree sparrow.


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     2. A wave whose crest breaks into white foam, as when the
        wind is freshening.
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     3. A member of a self-appointed vigilance committee
        attempting by lynch-law methods to drive away or coerce
        persons obnoxious to it. Some early ones wore white hoods
        or masks. [U. S.] -- {White"cap`}, v. -- {White"cap`per},
        n.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Whitethroat \White"throat`\, n. (Zool.)
     Any one of several species of Old World warblers, esp. the
     common European species ({Sylvia cinerea}), called also
     {strawsmear}, {nettlebird}, {muff}, and {whitecap}, the
     {garden whitethroat}, or {golden warbler} ({Sylvia
     hortensis}), and the {lesser whitethroat} ({Sylvia curruca}).
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  whitecap
       n : a wave that is blown by the wind so its crest is broken and
           appears white [syn: {white horse}]