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Princeton's WordNet
Quiscalus, genus Quiscalusnoun
grackles
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Quiscalus
The avian genus Quiscalus contains seven of the 11 species of grackles, gregarious passerine birds in the icterid family. They are native to North and South America. The genus was named and described by French ornithologist Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot in 1816. The type species was subsequently designated as the common grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) by English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1840. The genus name comes from the specific name Gracula quiscula coined by Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus for the common grackle. From where Linnaeus obtained the word is uncertain, but it may come from the Taíno word quisqueya, meaning "mother of all lands", for the island of Hispaniola.The genus contains six extant species and one extinct species:
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quiscalus
Quiscalus is a genus of birds that belong to the blackbird family, Icteridae. This genus is commonly known as grackles and primarily found in North and South America. They are typically larger than most icterids and are known for their bright, glossy, and often iridescent plumage.
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Quiscalus
The avian genus Quiscalus contains six of the ten species of grackle, gregarious passerine birds in the Icterid family. They are native to North and South America. The six species are: ⁕Boat-tailed Grackle, Quiscalus major ⁕Common Grackle, Quiscalus quiscula ⁕Great-tailed Grackle, Quiscalus mexicanus ⁕Slender-billed Grackle, Quiscalus palustris - extinct ⁕Nicaraguan Grackle, Quiscalus nicaraguensis ⁕Greater Antillean Grackle, Quiscalus niger ⁕Carib Grackle, Quiscalus lugubris
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Quiscalus
kwis′ka-lus, n. a genus of birds, the American grackles or crow-blackbirds.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Quiscalus in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Quiscalus in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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