Definitions for grackleˈgræk əl
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
grack•leˈgræk əl(n.)
any of several long-tailed New World blackbirds, esp. of the genus Quiscalus, as the common North American species Q. quiscula, having iridescent black plumage.
Category: Ornithology
any of several Old World birds of the family Sturnidae, esp. certain mynas.
Category: Ornithology
Origin of grackle:
1765–75; < NL Gracula a genus of mynas < L grāculus jackdaw
Princeton's WordNet
hill myna, Indian grackle, grackle, Gracula religiosa(noun)
glossy black Asiatic starling often taught to mimic speech
grackle, crow blackbird(noun)
long-tailed American blackbird having iridescent black plumage
Wiktionary
grackle(Noun)
Any of several American blackbirds of the genus Quiscalus having iridescent plumage
grackle(Noun)
Any of several Asian myna birds of the genus Gracula
Origin: Modern (scientific) Latin Gracula from Latin graculus, “jackdaw”
Webster Dictionary
Grackle(noun)
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
Grackle(noun)
an Asiatic bird of the genus Gracula. See Myna
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