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noun
A small wooden trading vessel, brightly painted and rigged for sail, traditionally used for fishing and trawling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any of four (previously two) species of parrot in the genus Pionites.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Borrowed from French caïque, from Italian caicco, from Ottoman Turkish قایق (kayık), from Proto-Turkic *kiayguk (“boat, oar”). Cognate with modern Turkish kayık.
From Spanish caíque or Portuguese caíque.
Across languages
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