grackle

English

A common grackle

Alternative forms

• grakle (archaic)

Etymology

From translingual Gracula, from Latin graculus (“jackdaw”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹækl̩/
• Rhymes: -ækəl

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

grackle (plural grackles)

1. Any of several American blackbirds of the genus Quiscalus, and related genera, 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.

2. (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

• Central Nahuatl: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 美洲黑羽椋鳥／美洲黑羽椋鸟 (Měizhōu hēiyǔ liángniǎo)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: mölyturpiaali (fi)
• French: quiscale (fr) m
• Italian: gracula f, gracchio (it) m
• Loxicha Zapotec: please add this translation if you can
• Nahuatl: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: chango (es) m (Antillean grackle), chinchilín m (Antillean grackle), clarinero m, mariamulata f, zanate (es) m
• Swedish: båtstjärt c

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• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} Mozambique (es) (Antillean grackle)