grackle
noun/ˈɡɹækl̩/
Etymology From translingual Gracula, from Latin graculus (“jackdaw”).
1
Any of several passerine birds of the genera Quiscalus, Hypopyrrhus, Lampropsar and Macroagelaius, of the Americas, having iridescent plumage.
- Outside, a gang of grackles combed the landscaped lawn like a homicide squad dragging a field for evidence.1995, Richard Powers, Galatea 2.2, Vintage (2019), page 164:
2
Broadly Any of several Asian myna birds of the genus Gracula.
- Derived terms
- boat-tailed grackle, Carib grackle, common grackle, golden-tufted grackle, greater Antillean grackle, great-tailed grackle, mountain grackle, Nicaraguan grackle, red-bellied grackle, slender-billed grackle, velvet-fronted grackle