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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Grackle \Grac"kle\, n. [Cf. L. graculus jackdaw.] (Zo["o]l.) 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [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}]
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