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black-capped, a.
1. [Cf. black cap 3.] Of birds: having the top of the head black.
1781J. Latham Gen. Synop. Birds I. 727 Black-Capped Cr[eeper]..head is black. Ibid. 748 Black-Capped H.B. [Humming-Bird]. 1808A. Wilson Amer. Ornith. I. 134 [The] Black-Capt Titmouse, Parus Atricapillus,..is one of our resident birds. 1868Amer. Naturalist II. 175 The Green Black-capped Warbler (Myiodioctes pusillus). 1870Ibid. III. 74 The cries and habits of all these black-capped species. Ibid. IV. 543 In the depths of winter they and..the Black-capped Titmouse (Parus Atricapillus), enliven the woods.
2. Wearing a black cap.
1908Westm. Gaz. 15 Jan. 3/1 Moors in turbans..and black-capped Jews. 1930Blunden Summer's Fancy 22 And black-capped and gowned The sour-tongued master stared. |