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Caique

Caique \Ca*["i]que"\, n. [F., fr. Turk. q[=a][=i]q boat.] (Naut.) A light skiff or rowboat used on the Bosporus; also, a Levantine vessel of larger size. [1913 Webster] ||

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caique

n. 1 (context nautical English) a small wooden trading vessel, brightly painted and rigged for sail, traditionally used for fishing and trawling. 2 One of two species of parrot in the genus ''Pionites''.

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Caique

The caiques ( or ) are species of parrots in the genus Pionites. They are relatively small and stocky, with a short, square tail and very bright colors. Their typical weight is 150–170 grams. They can live up to 40 years. They are endemic in the Amazon Basin in South America, with the black-headed north of the Amazon River, and the white-bellied south. They are listed on Appendix 2 of CITES as a species of least concern. They generally prefer forested areas and subsist on fruit and seeds. Caiques are generally canopy dwellers, spending most of their time in the tops of trees, foraging and playing. Caique wing feathers produce a distinctive whirring sound in flight. They are highly vocal.

Caïque

A caïque (, kaiki, from ) is the term for a traditional fishing boat usually found among the waters of the Ionian or Aegean Sea, and also a light skiff used on the Bosporus. It is traditionally a small wooden trading vessel, brightly painted and rigged for sail. The caïque is also a typical case of positioning the widest beam far aft, with a long sharp bow.

Caique (disambiguation)

Caique can refer to:

  • Caique, four species of parrots in the genus Pionites
  • Caïque or caique (also called "kaiki"), is the name for a type of Turkish or Greek wooden fishing boat. KaYIK (from slide).
  • Carlos "Caique" Elias, practitioner of Brazilian jiu-jitsu

Usage examples of "caique".

Turkish tchektirme, Greek sacoleva, Venetian trabaccolo, Levantine caique, and the German U-1065 pigboat alleged to have been sunk by R.

Pullings glanced at his perfect decks, the white-gloved sideboys and the new-covered manropes ready to bring the visitor aboard, the powdered and pipe-clayed Marines prepared to stamp and clash by way of martial compliment, the bosun and his mates waiting with their shining silver calls, and then hurried below himself, to shove a groat, emerging only when the caique was within hailing distance.

The pilot took my arm and pointed to a vacant berth between two caiques moored with their bows to a stone wharf and their sterns held out by kedge anchors.

Because of the action we had been tricked into fighting trading caiques would soon be crowding this almost empty port.

At least when their caique had blown into the south cliff at Navarone it had been decently dark.

The Sultan himself came out to greet the slender caique that docked before the steps of his palace.

I straightened from the wheel and looked around to find that Ann had thrown a rope around the after anchor-line of the caique we had just missed, and had got the bight over a cleat in time to check us.

The pilot was describing in a polyglot tongue with English predominating how I had brought this fine ship all the way from America and rescued Captain Godolfo and his caique from the storm and the pirates.

Hosein recalled me to the present by pointing to a caique lying farther along the wharf.

Nor could I persuade the captains of the three caiques in the harbor to release any of their men, and the few free sailors hanging around the waterfront were not the kind I would want aboard Sabrina if we encountered pirates.

The jenny thrashed violently as we came up into the wind, our shrouds brushed the caiques counter as we shot round her stern, and I cursed Ann's interdiction of the engine as I braced myself for the crash when we hit the wharf.

An armada of caiques will sail from the Piraeus on Thursday at dawn and island-hop across the Cyclades, holing up in the islands at night.

A little coasting trade in caiques from Rhodes - not so much of that now, sir.

A little coasting trade in caiques from Rhodes not so much of that now, sir.

We could take a car over from Heraklion to Agia Gallini, and hire a caique from there, and I would show her the exact spot where Colin had pulled the dittany off the wall of the little church.