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grackle
n.
type of bird
Grackle
Grackle is the common name of any of eleven
passerine birds native to North and South America. They belong to various genera in the
icterid family. In all the species with this name, adult males have black or mostly black plumage.
grackle
Noun
1. glossy black Asiatic starling often taught to mimic speech
(synonym) hill myna, Indian grackle, Gracula religiosa
(hypernym) myna, mynah, mina, minah, myna bird, mynah bird
2. long-tailed American blackbird having iridescent black plumage
(synonym) crow blackbird
(hypernym) New World blackbird, blackbird
(hyponym) purple grackle, Quiscalus quiscula
(member-holonym) Quiscalus, genus Quiscalus
Grackle
(n.)
One of several American blackbirds, of the family Icteridae; as, the rusty grackle (Scolecophagus Carolinus); the boat-tailed grackle (see Boat-tail); the purple grackle (Quiscalus quiscula, or Q. versicolor). See Crow blackbird, under Crow.
(n.)
An Asiatic bird of the genus Gracula. See Myna.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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