Home › Words › C › cassicancassicancassican means an American bird (Psarocolius decumanus, syn. Cassicus cristatus), allied to the starlings and orioles, remarkable for its skillfully constructed and suspended nest.EtymologyFrom Latin cassis (“helmet”).nounAn American bird (Psarocolius decumanus, syn. Cassicus cristatus), allied to the starlings and orioles, remarkable for its skillfully constructed and suspended nest.A piping crow.; Corvus typicus of Indonesia and Australia.A piping crow.; Cracticus tibicen (syn. Gymnorhina tibicen), Australian magpie.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.casiornis 63% match — Any of the tropical birds in the genus Casiornis, found in Central and South America. vs cassican →cornbird 62% match — A bird, the crested oropendola (Psarocolius decumanus). vs cassican →cassowary 60% match — Any of the large, flightless, cursorial birds of the genus Casuarius, family Casuariidae, native to Australia and New Guinea, having a characteristic bony casque on the head. vs cassican →becard 60% match — A South American flycatcher of the genus Pachyramphus. vs cassican →dickcissel 56% match — The American black-throated bunting (Spiza americana). vs cassican →cissa 56% match — Any magpie of the genus Cissa. vs cassican →canastero 56% match — Any of a number of species of small passerine birds of South America, in the genera Asthenes and Pseudasthenes. The genus Asthenes also comprises thistletails and Itatiaia spinebird. vs cassican →chachalaca 55% match — Any of several cracid birds, of the genus Ortalis, limited to the Americas, that resemble the guans. vs cassican →