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grackle

American  
[grak-uhl] / ˈgræk əl /

noun

  1. any of several long-tailed American birds of the family Icteridae, especially of the genus Quiscalus, having usually iridescent black plumage.

  2. any of several Old World birds of the family Sturnidae, especially certain mynas.

grackle British  
/ ˈɡrækəl /

noun

  1. Also called: crow blackbird.  any American songbird of the genera Quiscalus and Cassidix, having a dark iridescent plumage: family Icteridae (American orioles)

  2. any of various starlings of the genus Gracula, such as G. religiosa ( Indian grackle or hill mynah )

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Etymology

Origin of grackle

1765–75; < New Latin Gracula name of genus, based on Latin grāculus jackdaw

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