cassican
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
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.
- Synonyms: crested oropendola, cornbird
- A piping crow.
- Corvus typicus of Indonesia and Australia.
- Cracticus tibicen (syn. Gymnorhina tibicen), Australian magpie.
- Synonym: piping crow-shrike
See also edit
References edit
- “cassican”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “cassican”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cassican m (plural cassicans)
- butcherbird (in the genus Cracticus)