Grackle

//ˈɡɹækl̩// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of several passerine birds of the genera Quiscalus, Hypopyrrhus, Lampropsar and Macroagelaius, of the Americas, having iridescent plumage.

    "Outside, a gang of grackles combed the landscaped lawn like a homicide squad dragging a field for evidence."

  2. 2
    long-tailed American blackbird having iridescent black plumage wordnet
  3. 3
    Any of several Asian myna birds of the genus Gracula. broadly
  4. 4
    glossy black Asiatic starling often taught to mimic speech wordnet

Etymology

From translingual Gracula, from Latin graculus (“jackdaw”).

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