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Webster 1913 Edition
Grackle
Grac′kle
,Noun.
[Cf. L.
graculus
jackdaw.] (Zool.)
(a)
One of several American blackbirds, of the family
Icteridæ
; as, the rusty grackle (
See Scolecophagus Carolinus
); the boat-tailed grackle (see Boat-tail); the purple grackle (Quiscalus quiscula
, or Q. versicolor
). Crow blackbird
, under Crow
. (b)
An Asiatic bird of the genus
Gracula
. See Myna
. Definition 2024
grackle
grackle
English
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.
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genus Quiscalus