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BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does black-capped chickadee mean?
• BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE (noun)
The noun BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE has 1 sense:
1. chickadee having a dark crown
Familiarity information: BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Chickadee having a dark crown
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
black-capped chickadee; blackcap; Parus atricapillus
Hypernyms ("black-capped chickadee" is a kind of...):
chickadee (any of various small grey-and-black songbirds of North America)
Context examples
Rice researches the black-capped chickadee and its relative, the Carolina chickadee.
(Scent brings songbirds to the yard, National Science Foundation)
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