An American bird (Psarocolius decumanus, syn. Cassicus cristatus), allied to the starlings and orioles, remarkable for its skillfully constructed and suspended nest.

plural of cassican

(geometry) A plane curve defined as the set (or locus) of points in the plane such that the product of the distances to two fixed points is constant (related to an ellipse, for which the sum of the distances is constant).

plural of cassingle

plural of cassimere

plural of Cassini oval

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, magnesium, nickel, oxygen, and phosphorus.

Alternative form of Cassini oval

(botany) Shaped like a helmet; applied to a corolla with a broad, helmet-shaped upper petal, as in aconite.

plural of cassinette