[chik-uh-dee] 
| any of several North American birds of the genus Parus, of the titmouse family, esp. P. atricapillus (black-capped chickadee), having the throat and top of the head black. |
| chick·a·dee (chĭk'ə-dē') n. Any of several small plump North American birds of the genus Parus, having predominantly gray plumage and a dark-crowned head. [Imitative of its call.] |