cassican

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English

Psarocolius decumanus

Etymology

From Latin cassis (“helmet”).

Noun

cassican (plural cassicans)

  1. An American bird (Psarocolius decumanus, syn. Cassicus cristatus), allied to the starlings and orioles, remarkable for its skillfully constructed and suspended nest.
    Synonyms: crested oropendola, cornbird
  2. A piping crow.
    1. Corvus typicus of Indonesia and Australia.
    2. Cracticus tibicen (syn. Gymnorhina tibicen), Australian magpie.
      Synonym: piping crow-shrike

See also

References

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Pronunciation

Noun

cassican m (plural cassicans)

  1. butcherbird (in the genus Cracticus)

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