grackle

English

Alternative forms

grakle (archaic)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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Noun

grackle (plural grackles)

1. Any of several American blackbirds of the genus Quiscalus, and related genera, having iridescent plumage.
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)