noun
long-tailed American blackbird having iridescent black plumage
• Syn: ↑grackle
• Hypernyms: ↑New World blackbird, ↑blackbird
• Hyponyms: ↑purple grackle, ↑Quiscalus quiscula
• Member Holonyms: ↑Quiscalus, ↑genus Quiscalus
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any of several North American grackles, esp. purple grackles of the genus Quiscalus.
[1770-80, Amer.]
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crow blackbird,
any one of a group of North American birds noted for their dark plumage, such as the grackles.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.