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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 oriolesplay

  Familiarity information: CACICUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CACICUS (noun)


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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