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Any of several Asian myna birds of the genus Gracula
Any of several American blackbirds of the genus Quiscalus having iridescent plumage
long-tailed American blackbird having iridescent black plumage
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
An Asiatic bird of the genus Gracula
Any of several songbird species (in the family Icteridae) having iridescent black plumage and a long tail; also called crow-blackbird. Grackles use their stout, pointed bill to snap up insects, dig grubs from the soil, and kill small vertebrates, including fishes and baby birds; they can also crack hard seeds. The common grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) of North America is about 12 in. (30 cm) long. The males of two Cassidus species (boat-tailed and great-tailed grackles) have a long, deeply keeled tail; these species are found in arid lands of the southwestern U.S. to Peru and in salt marshes from New Jersey to Texas, where they are locally called jackdaws. See also blackbird, mynah
See Crow blackbird, under Crow
{i} type of bird

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tinkling
bronze grackle
A geographic race of the common grackle ranging from New England and the western Appalachians to the Rocky Mountains, distinguished from the purple grackle by its deep bronze back
common grackle
A large grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) of eastern North America, having iridescent blackish-purple plumage and a long, wedge-shaped tail
grackles
plural of grackle
grackles
quiscalus
purple grackle
eastern United States grackle
purple grackle
A geographic race of the common grackle ranging from the Middle Atlantic States to Florida, distinguished from the bronze grackle by its dull purple back
grackle

    Hyphenation

    grack·le

    Turkish pronunciation

    gräkıl

    Pronunciation

    /ˈgrakəl/ /ˈɡrækəl/

    Etymology

    [ 'gra-k&l ] (noun.) 1772. Modern (scientific) Latin Gracula from Latin graculus, “jackdaw”
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