Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Cassican"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cassican \Cas"si*can\, n. [NL. cassicus helmeted, fr. L. cassis
a belmet.] (Zo["o]l.)
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.
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