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6 words match “BLACKCAP”

BLACKCAP n. 4 definitions
A small European song bird (Sylvia atricapilla), with a black crown; the mock nightingale.
CHICKADEE n.
A small bird, the blackcap titmouse (Parus atricapillus), of North America; -- named from its note.
HAYBIRD n.
The European blackcap.
MOCK a.
ck heroic poem. -- Mock lead. See Blende (a). -- Mock nightingale (Zoöl.), the European blackcap. -- Mock orange (Bot.), a genus of American and Asiatic shrubs (Philadelphus), with showy white flowers in panicled cymes. P. coronarius, from Asia, has fragrant flowers; the American kinds are nearly scentless. -- Mock…
NIGHTINGALE n.
htingale. The name is also applied to other allied species. Mock nightingale. (Zoöl.) See Blackcap, n., 1 (a).
WARBLER n.
irds belonging to the family Sylviidæ, many of which are noted songsters. The bluethroat, blackcap, reed warbler (see under Reed), and sedge warbler (see under Sedge) are well-known species.