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   Cassican , n. [NL. cassicus helmeted, fr. L. cassis a belmet.] (Zool.) 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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