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snowcap

snowcap


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Snowcap  \Snow"cap`\,  n.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  very  small  humming  bird  ({Microch[ae]ra  albocoronata}) 
  native  of  New  Grenada. 
 
  Note:  The  feathers  of  the  top  of  the  head  are  white  and 
  snining,  the  body  blue  black  with  a  purple  and  bronzy 
  luster.  The  name  is  applied  also  to  {Microch[ae]ra 
  parvirostris}  of  Central  America,  which  is  similar  in 
  color.