noun
Meaning 1
A layer of snow covering a mountain top.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
snowcap
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General-American: /ˈsnoʊˌkæp/
noun
Meaning 2
A small hummingbird, Microchera albocoronata, which is a resident breeder in Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and western Panama.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
a covering of snow (as on a mountain peak)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: covering, natural covering, cover
History
Etymology
From snow + cap.