caique.
A small wooden trading vessel, brightly painted and rigged for sail, traditionally used for fishing and trawling.
Meaning & usage
A small wooden trading vessel, brightly painted and rigged for sail, traditionally used for fishing and trawling.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French caïque, from Italian caicco, from Ottoman Turkish قایق (kayık), from Proto-Turkic *kiayguk (“boat, oar”). Cognate with modern Turkish kayık.
Any of four (previously two) species of parrot in the genus Pionites.
Where this word comes from
From Spanish caíque or Portuguese caíque.
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