caicco
caicco is the alternative spelling of caique.
Meaning of caique
Noun (1)
caique (plural caiques)
- A small wooden trading vessel, brightly painted and rigged for sail, traditionally used for fishing and trawling.
- 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.1950 July, J. C. Mertens, “By the "Taurus Express" to Baghdad”, in Railway Magazine, page 435
Noun (2)
caique (plural caiques)
- Any of four (previously two) species of parrot in the genus Pionites.
Forms of caicco
| plural | caiccos |
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Origin of caicco
From Italian caicco, from Ottoman Turkish قایق (kayık).
Questions about caicco
- What is caicco the alternative spelling of?
- Caicco is the alternative spelling of caique.
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