The Clue
Chickadee (8 letter answer)
The Answer
BLACKCAP
Tags
Notes
The answer BLACKCAP is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
BLACKCAP as a noun:
1. (black raspberry, blackcap, blackcap raspberry, thimbleberry, Rubus occidentalis) = raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit
2. (laughing gull, blackcap, pewit, pewit gull, Larus ridibundus) = small black-headed European gull
3. (black-capped chickadee, blackcap, Parus atricapillus) = chickadee having a dark crown
4. (blackcap, Silvia atricapilla) = small brownish-grey warbler with a black crown