caïque

Definitions

1. A small wooden trading vessel, brightly painted and rigged for sail, traditionally used for fishing and trawling.
2. Any of four (previously two) species of parrot in the genus Pionites.
3. Alternative spelling of caique.
   alt-of, alternative

Equivalents

Examples

“Shipping of every sort⟳, from passenger liners to ferry steamers, tramps to tugs and trailing barges, feluccas to speedboats and yachts, from warships to caiques, chugs, hoots, glides or churns its way in all directions.”

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