casque

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French casque. Doublet of casco and cask. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /kɑːsk/ (US) IPA(key): /kæsk/ Rhymes: -æsk Homophone: cask === Noun === casque (plural casques) A helmet. A hard structure on the head of some birds, such as cassowaries, some hornbills and guineafowl, and some reptiles such as chameleons and basilisks. 1998 Campbell, Jonathan A. Amphibians and reptiles of Northern Guatemala, the Yucatán, and Belize p. 154-155. ISBN: 0-8061-3064-4 Smooth Casque-headed Basilisk – Cutete Policía . . . A flat-topped cephalic casque projects over the neck in this species. The posterior edge of this casque is smooth without projecting spines. . . Its vernacular name, cutete policía, is in allusion to the flat casque, said by some to resemble the service cap worn by Guatemalan police. 2011 Penny Olsen and Leo Joseph: Stray Feathers CSIRO Publishing Australia ISBN: 9780643103450 . . . the Southern Cassowary . . . has a double red wattle that hangs from its blue-skinned neck, while a horn-like casque adorns its head. Although it is often described as horny or bony, the casque has a core of firm foamy material, riddled with cells and canals, and covered by a spongy layer and a tough, keratinous, outer sheath. Its purpose is unknown, but one possibility is that it is for sexual attraction. Another is that it protects the skull as the bird bashes its way, head lowered, through the bush when running. Other suggestions are that it is used as a weapon in dominance disputes, or as a tool to push aside leaf litter during foraging. Observations of behaviour lend little support to any of these proposals. (botany) Synonym of galea. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === sacque == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kask/ Homophone: casques === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Spanish casco. ==== Noun ==== casque m (plural casques) helmet hard hat headphones (zoology) casque ===== Derived terms ===== casque bleu ===== Descendants ===== → Bulgarian: ка́ска (káska) → English: casque → Romanian: cască → Russian: ка́ска (káska) → Turkish: kask → Ukrainian: ка́ска (káska) === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== casque inflection of casquer: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “casque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 casque on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr === Anagrams === caques == Galician == === Verb === casque inflection of cascar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Portuguese == === Verb === casque inflection of cascar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Spanish == === Verb === casque inflection of cascar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative