1
: a piece of armor for the head : helmet
2
: an anatomical structure (such as the horny outgrowth on the head of a cassowary) suggestive of a helmet
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But then, Keller made his own discovery: Someone else claimed to have found the New Orleans casque.
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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
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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
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