- grackles
- n. type of bird
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
grackles
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crow blackbird — noun long tailed American blackbird having iridescent black plumage • Syn: ↑grackle • Hypernyms: ↑New World blackbird, ↑blackbird • Hyponyms: ↑purple grackle, ↑Quiscalus quiscula … Useful english dictionary
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crow blackbird — any of several North American grackles, esp. purple grackles of the genus Quiscalus. [1770 80, Amer.] * * * … Universalium
