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CACICUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cacicus mean?
• CACICUS (noun)
The noun CACICUS has 1 sense:
1. a genus of tropical American orioles
Familiarity information: CACICUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of tropical American orioles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Cacicus; genus Cacicus
Hypernyms ("Cacicus" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "Cacicus"):
cacique; cazique (black-and-red or black-and-yellow orioles of the American tropics)
Holonyms ("Cacicus" is a member of...):
family Icteridae; Icteridae (American orioles; American blackbirds; bobolinks; meadowlarks)
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