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cassican

CIDE DICTIONARY

cassicann. [NL. cassicus helmeted, fr. L. cassis a belmet.].
     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.  [1913 Webster]

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