Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cassican \Cas"si*can\, n. [NL. cassicus helmeted, fr. L. cassis
   a belmet.] (Zo["o]l.)
   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.