About The Word Grackle
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Grackle
Grackle Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Grackle?
[n] long-tailed American blackbird having iridescent black plumage
[n] glossy black Asiatic starling often taught to mimic speech Synonyms | Synonyms for Grackle: crow blackbird | Gracula religiosa | hill myna | Indian grackle Related Terms | Find terms related to Grackle: See Also | blackbird | genus Quiscalus | mina | minah | myna | myna bird | mynah | mynah bird | New World blackbird | purple grackle | Quiscalus | Quiscalus quiscula Grackle In Webster's Dictionary \Grac"kle\, n. [Cf. L. graculus jackdaw.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) One of several American blackbirds, of the family
{Icterid[ae]}; 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}.
(b) An Asiatic bird of the genus {Gracula}. See {Myna}.
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