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 the genus Cassicus, allied to the starlings and orioles, remarkable for its skillfully constructed and suspended nest.
  • noun The piping crow of Australia.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From Latin cassis ("helmet").

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word cassican.

Examples

    Sorry, no example sentences found.

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.