"cassican" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cassicans [plural]
Etymology: From Latin cassis (“helmet”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|-}} Latin, {{lena}} Head templates: {{en-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
    Sense id: en-cassican-en-noun-geQjRe83 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Corvids, Icterids, Malaconotoid birds Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 10 39 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 52 16 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 53 7 40 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 6 41 Disambiguation of Corvids: 57 16 27 Disambiguation of Icterids: 74 4 23 Disambiguation of Malaconotoid birds: 68 3 29
  2. A piping crow.
    Corvus typicus of Indonesia and Australia.
    Sense id: en-cassican-en-noun-GgNGrZdV
  3. A piping crow.
    Cracticus tibicen (syn. Gymnorhina tibicen), Australian magpie.
    Synonyms: piping crow-shrike
    Sense id: en-cassican-en-noun-5DY2iK3W
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Cracticus cassicus (english: hooded butcherbird)

Inflected forms

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