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grackle
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From translingual Gracula, from Latin graculus (“jackdaw”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɹækl̩/
- Rhymes: -ækəl
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
grackle (plural grackles)
- Any of several passerine birds of the genera Quiscalus, Hypopyrrhus, Lampropsar and Macroagelaius, of the Americas, having iridescent plumage.
- 1995, Richard Powers, Galatea 2.2, Vintage (2019), page 164:
- Outside, a gang of grackles combed the landscaped lawn like a homicide squad dragging a field for evidence.
- (loosely) Any of several Asian myna birds of the genus Gracula.
Derived terms
Derived terms
- boat-tailed grackle (Quiscalus major)
- Carib grackle (Quiscalus lugubris)
- common grackle (Quiscalus quiscala)
- golden-tufted grackle (Macroagelaius imthurni)
- greater Antillean grackle (Quiscalus niger)
- great-tailed grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
- mountain grackle (Macroagelaius spp.)
- Nicaraguan grackle (Quiscalus nicaraguensis)
- red-bellied grackle (Hypopyrrhus pyrohypogaster)
- slender-billed grackle (Quiscalus palustris)
- velvet-fronted grackle (Lampropsar tanagrinus)
Translations
genus Quiscalus
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