Definitions for: Grackle

[n] long-tailed American blackbird having iridescent black plumage
[n] glossy black Asiatic starling often taught to mimic speech

Webster (1913) Definition: Grac"kle, n. [Cf. L. graculus jackdaw.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) One of several American blackbirds, of the family
Icterid[ae]; 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.

Synonyms: crow blackbird, Gracula religiosa, hill myna, Indian grackle

See Also: blackbird, genus Quiscalus, mina, minah, myna, myna bird, mynah, mynah bird, New World blackbird, purple grackle, Quiscalus, Quiscalus quiscula

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