CACIQUE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cacique mean? 

• CACIQUE (noun)
  The noun CACIQUE has 1 sense:

1. black-and-red or black-and-yellow orioles of the American tropics

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CACIQUE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Black-and-red or black-and-yellow orioles of the American tropics

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

cacique; cazique

Hypernyms ("cacique" is a kind of...):

American oriole; New World oriole; oriole (American songbird; male is black and orange or yellow)

Holonyms ("cacique" is a member of...):

Cacicus; genus Cacicus (a genus of tropical American orioles)