"bluecap" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bluecaps [plural]
Etymology: blue + cap Etymology templates: {{compound|en|blue|cap}} blue + cap Head templates: {{en-noun}} bluecap (plural bluecaps)
  1. A bird, the blue titmouse.
    Sense id: en-bluecap-en-noun-zEsazYF0
  2. A fish of the salmon kind with blue spots on its head.
    Sense id: en-bluecap-en-noun-r54wIlV3
  3. (colloquial) A Scotsman. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-bluecap-en-noun-OSF8NeJj
  4. A tiny blue-skinned fairy that inhabits a mine and helps the miners.
    Sense id: en-bluecap-en-noun-fEROQyhF

Inflected forms

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