"snowcap" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsnoʊˌkæp/ [General-American] Forms: snowcaps [plural]
Etymology: From snow + cap. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|snow|cap}} snow + cap Head templates: {{en-noun}} snowcap (plural snowcaps)
  1. A layer of snow covering a mountain top.
    Sense id: en-snowcap-en-noun-96h2P89G Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Hummingbirds Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 66 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 65 35 Disambiguation of Hummingbirds: 56 44
  2. A small hummingbird, Microchera albocoronata, which is a resident breeder in Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and western Panama.
    Sense id: en-snowcap-en-noun-2Wau0Fyi

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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