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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024grack•le /ˈgrækəl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Birdsa long-tailed blackbird having shining black feathers.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024grack•le (grak′əl),USA pronunciation n. - Birdsany of several long-tailed American birds of the family Icteridae, esp. of the genus Quiscalus, having usually iridescent black plumage.
- Birdsany of several Old World birds of the family Sturnidae, esp. certain mynas.
- Neo-Latin Gracula name of genus, based on Latin grāculus jackdaw
- 1765–75
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: grackle /ˈɡrækəl/ n - Also called: crow blackbird any American songbird of the genera Quiscalus and Cassidix, having a dark iridescent plumage: family Icteridae (American orioles)
- any of various starlings of the genus Gracula, such as G. religiosa (Indian grackle or hill mynah)
Etymology: 18th Century: from New Latin Grācula, from Latin grāculus jackdaw |