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boat-tailed grackle

[ boht-teyld ]

noun

  1. a large grackle, Quiscalus major, of the southeastern U.S., that folds its tail into a shape resembling the keel of a boat.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of boat-tailed grackle1

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40

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Example Sentences

This subspecies of Boat-tailed Grackle has been recorded from several localities in Coahuila.

In the south it is exceeded in size only by the Boat-tailed Grackle.

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