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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

Synonyms

All synonyms

crow blackbirdgracula religiosahill mynahill mynaindian grackle

Example

More examples

"One of the street cats killed a grackle on the porch."

Etymology

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

Related phrases

Carib grackleNicaraguan grackleboat-tailed gracklecommon gracklegolden-tufted gracklegreat-tailed gracklegreater Antillean gracklemountain gracklered-bellied grackleslender-billed gracklevelvet-fronted grackle

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.