cassican

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

• Cracticus cassicus (hooded butcherbird)

References

• “cassican”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “cassican”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.si.kɑ̃/

Noun

cassican m (plural cassicans)

1. butcherbird (in the genus Cracticus)

Derived terms

• cassican flûteur