Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Snow covering a mountain peak, especially such snow existing year-round.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A humming-bird of the genus Microchæra, having a snowy cap. There are two species, M. albocoronata and M. parvirostris, the former of Veragua, the latter of Nicaragua and Costa Rica, both of minute size (2½ inches long). The character of the white crown is unique among the Trochilidæ.
Wiktionary
- n. A layer of snow covering a mountain top.
- n. A small hummingbird, Microchera albocoronata, which is a resident breeder in Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and western Panama.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A very small humming bird (Microchæra albocoronata) native of New Grenada.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a covering of snow (as on a mountain peak)
Examples
“The mountain's serene, unchanging image - unchanging except for the snowcap that comes and goes with the seasons - graces everything from public bath house walls to postage stamps to currency and more!”
“God dwells in the hearts of those who love Him and fills every crevice just as the water melting from a snowcap fills the crevices of a mountain.”
“In 2004 scientists from the University of Bangor made headlines with the prediction that Snowdon might lose its snowcap altogether by 2020.”
“Thanks to global warming and deforestation, the millennial snowcap that was said to cover King Solomon's tomb is receding.”
“I've just found your blog while I was hunting for what a "snowcap mushroom" was..”
“The commentator also lambasted the U Washington for splitting the difference and now advocating that the snowcap was 30%- the commentator said this was politics, not science.”
The deniers of science Part 1: Intelligent Design - The Panda's Thumb
“The guy was claiming that a Seattle professor had been fired from his job, because he had pointed out that the snowcap was only 15% reduced in the Cascades, instead of the regularly touted 50%.”
The deniers of science Part 1: Intelligent Design - The Panda's Thumb
“Of course, a decreased snowcap is an another indication of Global Warming.”
The deniers of science Part 1: Intelligent Design - The Panda's Thumb
“Five-and-one-half inches of snowcap knee peek between sky brilliance of hem and sock as she turns her sensible black heel away from Dante's statue.”
“Trim, tidy in her navy suit with its bowed white blouse, her snowcap of hair and no-nonsense bifocals, Mrs. Hawbaker ran the office like a Border collie ran a herd.”
Blood Brothers
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fbharjo a New Granada hummer in its animate form. May 15, 2012
hernesheir A strain of medical marijuana. Jan 15, 2010
reesetee Microchera albocoronata, a small hummingbird native to Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and western Panama. It is the only member of its genus.
Here's a photo of the handsome little chap. Mar 13, 2008