English Explanatory Dictionary

cassican

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An American bird (Psarocolius decumanus, syn. Cassicus cristatus), allied to the starlings and orioles, remarkable for its skillfully constructed and suspended nest.
  2. A piping crow.
  3. Corvus typicus of Indonesia and Australia.
  4. Cracticus tibicen (syn. Gymnorhina tibicen), Australian magpie.

Word forms

cassican cassicans

Etymology

From Latin cassis (“helmet”).

Synonyms

crested oropendola cornbird piping crow-shrike

Related words

Cracticus cassicus
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