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ˈsnoʊˌkæpsnow·cap

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. snowcapnoun

    a covering of snow (as on a mountain peak)

Wiktionary

  1. snowcapnoun

    A layer of snow covering a mountain top.

  2. snowcapnoun

    A small hummingbird, Microchera albocoronata, which is a resident breeder in Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and western Panama.

Wikipedia

  1. Snowcap

    The snowcap (Microchera albocoronata) is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama.

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  1. snowcap

    A snowcap is a layer of snow that permanently covers the peak or top part of a mountain or hill. This term is usually used in the context of mountains that are so high their summits or peaks are always covered by snow, regardless of the season.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Snowcapnoun

    a very small humming bird (Microchaera albocoronata) native of New Grenada

Wikidata

  1. Snowcap

    The Snowcap is a small hummingbird which is a resident breeder in Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and western Panama. It is the only member of the genus Microchera. Its habitat is the canopy and edges of wet forest, and it will also use adjacent more open woodland. It occurs mainly on the Caribbean mountain slopes, breeding mainly at heights of 300–800 m. After breeding, most descend to the adjacent lowlands, but some may wander up to heights of 1400 m. The nest is a small cup of plant down and cobwebs decorated with green moss or lichen, which is attached to a small twig or vine. The two white elongated eggs are incubated for just over two weeks, and the female feeds the young on regurgitated nectar and insects. This is a tiny hummingbird, 6.5 cm long and 2.5 g in weight, with a short black bill and black legs. The adult male Snowcap is unmistakable. It has the shining white cap which gives this species its English and scientific names, a deep purple body, and white outer tail feathers. The adult female is bronze-green above, dull white below, and has dull white outer tail feathers. She has more white below than other female hummingbirds. Juvenile Snowcaps resemble the adult female, but are duller, have greyer underparts, and bronzed central tail feathers. The purple plumage of young males starts on the underparts as a striking dark central line.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of snowcap in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of snowcap in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1


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