Dictionary.com
definitions

black-capped chickadee

[blak-kapt]

noun

See under chickadee.

RELATED CONTENT

Should I use ALL-CAPS?
Read more in this article about some frequently asked questions and fun facts related to our definitions.
READ MORE
Black Beatles
Read more in this article about some frequently asked questions and fun facts related to our definitions.
READ MORE

Origin of black-capped chickadee

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75

chickadee

[chik-uh-dee]

noun

any of several North American birds of the genus Parus, of the titmouse family, especially P. atricapillus (black-capped chickadee), having the throat and top of the head black.

Origin of chickadee

First recorded in 1820–30; imitative
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
British Dictionary definitions for black-capped chickadee

chickadee

noun

any of various small North American songbirds of the genus Parus, such as P. atricapillus (black-capped chickadee), typically having grey-and-black plumage: family Paridae (titmice)

Word Origin for chickadee

C19: imitative of its note
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History for black-capped chickadee

chickadee

n.

black-capped titmouse, 1834, American English, echoic of its cry.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper