Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A bird of the genus Cassicus. Cuvier.
- noun An Australian and Papuan corvine bird of either of the genera Gymnorhina and Strepera; a piping-crow. See
Barita , .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
American bird of thegenus Cassicus, allied to thestarlings andorioles , remarkable for its skillfully constructed and suspendednest . - noun The piping crow of
Australia .
Etymologies
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From Latin cassis ("helmet").
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