Grackle

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Grackle \Grac"kle\, n. [Cf. L. graculus jackdaw.] (Zool.)
     (a) One of several American blackbirds, of the family
         {Icterid[ae]}; as, the rusty grackle ({Scolecophagus
         Carolinus}); the boat-tailed grackle (see Boat-tail); the
         purple grackle ({Quiscalus quiscula}, or {Q.
         versicolor}). See {Crow blackbird}, under {Crow}.


     (b) An Asiatic bird of the genus {Gracula}. See {Myna}.
         [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  grackle
       n 1: glossy black Asiatic starling often taught to mimic speech
            [syn: {hill myna}, {Indian grackle}, {Gracula religiosa}]
       2: long-tailed American blackbird having iridescent black
          plumage [syn: {crow blackbird}]