common grackle

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a large songbird, Quiscalus quiscula, of the family Icteridae, of central and eastern North America, having iridescent black plumage varying in color.

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How to use common grackle in a sentence

Eight species, such as the red-headed woodpecker and the common grackle, saw a population bump of 10 percent, on average, following the brood emergences.
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The email appears to have been a relatively common attempt to gain personal information from a wide range of unwitting victims.
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The vaccine is delivered through a “carrier virus” that causes a common cold in chimpanzees but does not affect humans.
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Another read: “We need leaders who will stand against Common Core.”
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Finding the common bonds that help us realize that we have far more in common than that which separates us.
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At the time, screen quotas were far more common among film producing industries.
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The Smooth Naked Horsetail is a common plant, specially by the sides of streams and pools.
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I would ask you to imagine it translated into every language, a common material of understanding throughout all the world.
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Our social life is aimless without it, we are a crowd without a common understanding.
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Diplococci without capsules are common in the sputum, but have no special significance.
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He had discovered that the all-glorious boast of Spain was not exempt from the infirmities of common men.
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