grackle
Any of several passerine birds of the genera Quiscalus, Hypopyrrhus, Lampropsar and…Any of several passerine birds of the genera Quiscalus, Hypopyrrhus, Lampropsar and Macroagelaius, of the Americas, having iridescent plumage.
» One of the street cats killed a grackle on the porch.
Meaning
2 sensesAny of several passerine birds of the genera Quiscalus, Hypopyrrhus, Lampropsar and Macroagelaius, of the Americas, having iridescent plumage.
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long-tailed American blackbird having iridescent black plumage
(broadly)Any of several Asian myna birds of the genus Gracula.
Examples
6 sentencesOne of the street cats killed a grackle on the porch.
Grackles keep coming to eat the cat food on the porch.
They're just grackles.
Grackles can be pigs.
Grackles are passerines.
Translations
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Origin
From translingual Gracula, from Latin graculus (“jackdaw”).From translingual Gracula, from Latin graculus (“jackdaw”).
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Forms
plural: gracklesSynonyms
4 synonyms- long-tailed American blackbird having iridescent black plumage:crow blackbird
- glossy black Asiatic starling often taught to mimic speech:hill mynaIndian grackleGracula religiosa