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crow blackbird

 
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–noun
any of several North American grackles, esp. purple grackles of the genus Quiscalus.
Origin:
1770–80, Americanism
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crow blackbird  
n.  See grackle.
grack·le   (grāk'əl)   
n.  

  1. Any of several American blackbirds of the family Icteridae, especially of the genus Quiscalus, having iridescent blackish plumage. Also called crow blackbird.

  2. Any of several Asian mynas of the genus Gracula.


[New Latin Grācula, genus name, from Latin grāculus, jackdaw; see gerə-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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