meaning of grackles
1. One of several American blackbirds, of the family Icteridae; 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.
2. An Asiatic bird of the genus Gracula. See Myna.
3. long-tailed American blackbird having iridescent black plumage
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