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What is a caique?

What is a caique? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (nautical) A small wooden trading vessel, brightly painted and rigged for sail, traditionally used for fishing and trawling.
  2. Any of four (previously two) species of parrot in the genus Pionites.
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We enter a caique, where we take our seals in oriental fashion, and two rowers, dressed in grey-white, striped silk shirts and red fezzes, sped us up the Bosporus.
We sent up our luggage and servants by a caique, a long, narrow, flat-bottomed boat, rowed by sculls.
The mast of the caique had gone right through one of the windows in the stern.
On reaching the landing-place not a caique was to be had, the weather was so bad they could not cross.
Best extras: Jim offers caique trips and low-key watersports such as sailing and windsurfing.
Typically, 12 to 20 rounds were needed to destroy a caique or schooner.

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