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grackle

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grack⋅le

  [grak-uhl]
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–noun
1. any of several long-tailed American birds of the family Icteridae, esp. of the genus Quiscalus, having usually iridescent black plumage.
2. any of several Old World birds of the family Sturnidae, esp. certain mynas.
Origin:
1765–75; < NL Gracula name of genus, based on L grāculus jackdaw
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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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