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Grackle

Grackle Meaning & Definition
Grackle Definition And Meaning

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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