Caique Definition

käēk

noun

A light rowboat used on the Bosporus.

Webster's New World

A kind of sailboat used esp. in the E Mediterranean.

Webster's New World

(nautical) A small wooden trading vessel, brightly painted and rigged for sail, traditionally used for fishing and trawling.

Wiktionary

One of two species of parrot in the genus Pionites.

Wiktionary

Alternative spelling of caique.

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Other Word Forms of Caique

Singular:

caique

Plural:

caiques, caques

Borrowing from French caïque, from Italian caicco, from Turkish kayık, from Ottoman Turkish قایق (kayık).

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