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A common grackle

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From translingual Gracula, from Latin graculus (jackdaw).

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grackle (plural grackles)

  1. Any of several American blackbirds of the genus Quiscalus, and related genera, having iridescent plumage.
    • 1995, Richard Powers, Galatea 2.2, Vintage (2019), page 164:
      Outside, a gang of grackles combed the landscaped lawn like a homicide squad dragging a field for evidence.
  2. (loosely) Any of several Asian myna birds of the genus Gracula.

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