Hypertext Webster Gateway: "grackle"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Grackle \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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
grackle
n 1: glossy black Asiatic starling often taught to mimic speech
[syn: {hill myna}, {Indian grackle}, {Gracula religiosa}]
2: long-tailed American blackbird having iridescent black
plumage [syn: {crow blackbird}]
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