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Meaning of CASSICAN

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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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