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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.
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Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
13 Nov. 2025
The iguanas are known for their distinctive casque (helmet-like crest) and long, thin limbs.
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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.
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Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
Elsewhere among the amphibious hoppers, mother casque headed frogs, of the Hemiphractus genus, adhere their eggs directly onto the skin.
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Liz Langley,
National Geographic,
11 Mar. 2017
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
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
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Things hit a boiling point when Contreras leaped into the air and hurled his batting helmet directly at Cavalli.
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The new looks provides up to 12 combinations for game day gear — with gold or white tops, and options for gold, white or black pants, along with gold or white helmets.
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The exhibit featured photos of Oloyede commanding Florida A&M’s band, along with her uniform jacket and a tall major shako (military-style) hat.
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Sutton Foster crochets Hugh Jackman a marching-band shako for the occasion.
Noun
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The dining room table, where the sisters wrote, is strewn with manuscripts, quill pens and tea cups; a bonnet and shawl bedeck a chair in the small kitchen.
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Consider using a satin or silk bonnet and pillowcase to reduce friction, prevent breakage, and preserve your hairstyle while sleeping.
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Soldiers from the Old Guard, wearing tricorne hats and bright-red uniforms, marched past, amid a flourish of fifes and drums.
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Take out yer triangular hat (a tricorn), eye patch, brass earrings, shoulder parrot, sword and scabbard, hook for a hand, and peg for a leg.
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Another promotional video for Rededicate 250 blends various Christian and American imagery — scenes of a cross laid on an American flag, a robed choir, people raising their hands in worship — along with a brief scene of a man praying while wearing a Jewish skullcap.
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Many Jews are increasingly avoiding visible signs of their identity, such as wearing a Star of David or a kippah, or Jewish skullcap, amid fears of harassment.
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The caskets of his family members sat beneath Khamenei’s, which had his black turban atop it, identifying him as a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad.
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Television footage showed his coffin draped with the Iranian flag and topped with his black turban.
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The van’s windows were smashed and a lone orange traffic cone sat on the hood.
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Surveillance footage has since been shared of a man wearing a hood in the extreme heat and hiking at Lohagad Fort, who is believed to be Chaudhary.
Noun
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Sombrero flick The sombrero flick means different things to different people.
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Quiroz recently began wearing a sombrero.
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“Casque.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/casque. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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