Thesaurus results for CASQUE

casque

noun

as in helmet

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Recent Examples of casque The ornamentation found on the beaks and tops of heads of hornbills are a structure similar to the casque on the cassowary, a bird species found in New Guinea and Australia. —

Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 13 Nov. 2025 The iguanas are known for their distinctive casque (helmet-like crest) and long, thin limbs. —

Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025 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 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

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Noun

There is little to distinguish the last two; the only significant difference is the Secutor’s helmet, which had no plumed crest, and a visor with eyeholes, not a grille.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
About 20% of patients were intoxicated with alcohol, only 31% were using a helmet and injuries were more likely to occur in the evening hours, according to the study.

— Dr. Jade Cobern, ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026