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GRACKLE
grackle, crow blackbird
(noun) long-tailed American blackbird having iridescent black plumage
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
grackle (plural grackles)
Any of several American blackbirds of the genus Quiscalus, and related genera, having iridescent plumage.
(formerly) Any of several Asian myna birds of the genus Gracula.
Source: Wiktionary
Grac"kle, n. Etym: [Cf. L. graculus jackdaw.] (Zoöl.) (a) One of several American blackbirds, of the family Icteridæ; 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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