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

  Blackcap \Black"cap`\ (-k[a^]p`), 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}.


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     2. (Cookery) An apple roasted till black, to be served in a
        dish of boiled custard.
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     3. The black raspberry.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  blackcap
       n 1: raspberry native to eastern North America having black
            thimble-shaped fruit [syn: {black raspberry}, {blackcap
            raspberry}, {thimbleberry}, {Rubus occidentalis}]
       2: small black-headed European gull [syn: {laughing gull}, {pewit},
           {pewit gull}, {Larus ridibundus}]
       3: Chickadee having a dark crown [syn: {black-capped chickadee},
           {Parus atricapillus}]
       4: small brownish-gray warbler with a black crown [syn: {Silvia
          atricapilla}]

















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