casque

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Recent Examples of casque These flightless birds are striking in appearance – bright blue skin, a helmet-like casque on their heads, and dagger-like claws on each foot. Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025 But then, Keller made his own discovery: Someone else claimed to have found the New Orleans casque. Chelsea Brasted, NOLA.com, 9 Apr. 2018 Native people in Borneo have carved hornbill casques into ornaments for at least 2,000 years. National Geographic, 16 Mar. 2016 Elsewhere among the amphibious hoppers, mother casque headed frogs, of the Hemiphractus genus, adhere their eggs directly onto the skin. Liz Langley, National Geographic, 11 Mar. 2017 The casque is carved into decorative products and jewelry, and can bring in more money per gram than elephant ivory. National Geographic, 22 May 2016 Elsewhere among the amphibious hoppers, mother casque headed frogs, of the Hemiphractus genus, adhere their eggs directly onto the skin. Liz Langley, National Geographic, 11 Mar. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for casque
Noun
  • Tucker stepped out of the batter’s box to tip his helmet toward both a roaring crowd and the applauding Astros dugout.
    Chandler Rome, New York Times, 28 June 2025
  • Culver City Pride requires helmets for all participants.
    Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • Sutton Foster crochets Hugh Jackman a marching-band shako for the occasion.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Tip o the shako to Heather Curtis.
    Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 25 Oct. 2012
Noun
  • In 2018, protestors began showing up at real-world events in those handmaid-red cloaks and white bonnets, putting the show in an unexpected spotlight.
    Randee Dawn, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2025
  • Not just that, but your bonnet could also be causing your breakage and hair loss, which is why Muth founded her bonnet brand, Lina Lennox.
    India Espy-Jones, Essence, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • Many delegations treat the convention like senior week and wear matching outfits—Hawaii’s were obviously the best, but the Wisconsin delegates had their traditional postmodern tricornes shaped like cheese.
    Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
  • Johnson made this conversation explicit by name-checking or picturing Evans, Lee Friedlander, Duane Michals, and Richard Avedon—the latter pops up here in a picture on a book cover, which Johnson has topped with a pirate’s tricorne hat.
    Vince Aletti, The New Yorker, 22 July 2022
Noun
  • Like the self-portrait, Ezekiel’s sculpture portrays Titian with his head cocked toward his right shoulder, a lapel tucked underneath his coat, chains hanging around his neck, and his long beard and skullcap.
    Samantha Baskind, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 May 2025
  • Here, visitors can see blue skullcaps, Fendler’s meadow-rues, saniculas, Johnny jump-ups, bush lupines, monkey flowers, globe lilies, California poppies, bird’s eyes, and wallflowers.
    Deb Hopewell, AFAR Media, 24 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • For all the pleasures of the state dinner over the weekend, with its calotte of beef served with shallot marmalade, the real action is now taking place today (Dec. 5) at EU-US trade talks.
    Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 5 Dec. 2022
  • The calotte of beef was served with shallot marmalade.
    Jura Koncius, Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2022
Noun
  • Andy Warhol painted a watercolor of a cat in a turban.
    Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 21 June 2025
  • In the new production of Sunset, everyone is dressed in black and white, including Scherzinger, who wears a black slip dress instead of Norma’s trademark turban.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Under the hood is a familiar 375-hp, 3.5-liter twin-turbo V6 and eight-speed automatic.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 June 2025
  • Under the hood is a 3.0-liter inline-six engine mated to an automatic gearbox making 395 brake horsepower.
    Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 20 June 2025

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“Casque.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/casque. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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