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Cassican
Cas′si-can
,Noun.
[NL.
cassicus
helmeted, fr. L. cassis
a belmet.] (Zool.)
An American bird of the genus
Cassicus
, allied to the starlings and orioles, remarkable for its skillfully constructed and suspended nest; the crested oriole. The name is also sometimes given to the piping crow, an Australian bird. Definition 2024
cassican
cassican
English
Noun
cassican (plural cassicans)
- An American bird (Psarocolius decumanus, syn. Cassicus cristatus), allied to the starlings and orioles, remarkable for its skillfully constructed and suspended nest.
- The piping crows
- Corvus typicus of Indonesia and Australia.
- Cracticus tibicen (syn. Gymnorhina tibicen), Australian magpie.
Synonyms
- (Psarocolius decumanus): crested oropendola, cornbird
- (Cracticus tibicen): piping crow-shrike