grackle

English

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Etymology

From gracule, from New Latin Gracula, from Latin graculus (“jackdaw”)

Noun

grackle (plural grackles)

1. Any of several American blackbirds of the genus Quiscalus having iridescent plumage
2. Any of several Asian myna birds of the genus Gracula

Derived terms

• boat-tailed grackle
• Carib grackle
• common grackle
• golden-tufted grackle
• greater Antillean grackle
• great-tailed grackle
• mountain grackle
• Nicaraguan grackle
• red-bellied grackle
• slender-billed grackle
• velvet-fronted grackle

Translations

genus Quiscalus

• Spanish: chango m (Antillean grackle), chinchilín (Antillean grackle), clarinero, mariamulata f, zanate m

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• Spanish: Mozambique (Antillean grackle)