cassican

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cassican

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From Latin cassis (“helmet”).

noun cassicans

An American bird (Psarocolius decumanus, syn. Cassicus cristatus), allied to the starlings and orioles, remarkable for its skillfully constructed and suspended nest.
Similar: crested oropendola, cornbird
Corvus typicus of Indonesia and Australia.
Cracticus tibicen (syn. Gymnorhina tibicen), Australian magpie.
Similar: piping crow-shrike

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@misc{cassican_2026,
  title = {cassican},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cassican},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}