Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fish said to be of the salmon kind, with blue spots on its head.
- noun Same as
bluebonnet - noun In botany: Some blue-flowered species of Scabiosa, as S. succisa and S. arvensis. The bluebottle, Centaurea Cyanus.
- noun Same as
bluebonnet , 3. - noun In coal-mining, a blue or brownish halo around the flame of the safety-lamp, indicating the presence of a dangerous quantity of fire-damp.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The bluepoll.
- noun The blue bonnet or blue titmouse.
- noun Poetic A Scot; a Scotchman; -- so named from wearing a blue bonnet.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
bird , the blue titmouse.
Etymologies
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Examples
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He said something to Drogo and then to the bluecap, and we started off, with Drogo in the lead and the bluecap with the bags in the rear.
The Black Mountain Stout, Rex, 1886-1975 1954
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I shelled it out, was instructed to give the bluecap a buck and did so after he had handed the luggage up to the pilot, and steadied the portable stile while Wolfe engineered himself up and in.
The Black Mountain Stout, Rex, 1886-1975 1954
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I watched a bluecap or blue titmouse feeding her young, whose nest was in a wall close to an orchard.
Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet" J. L. Cherry
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I watched a bluecap or blue titmouse feeding her young, whose nest was in a wall close to an orchard.
Life and Remains of John Clare Cherry, J L 1872
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"It's a bit of a landmark," said Gabor Luka, 40, a bespectacled veterinarian, who co-owns the 2,152-square-foot home with his brother, Tibor Luka, 43, a financial adviser who owns bluecap, a wealth management and pension planning company in Geneva.
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