grackle

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/ˈɡɹækl̩/

noun

Any of several passerine birds of the genera Quiscalus, Hypopyrrhus, Lampropsar and Macroagelaius, of the Americas, having iridescent plumage.

Similar
hill mynaIndian grackleGracula religiosacrow blackbird
Origintranslingual Gracula ← Latin graculus →
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Meanings

noungrackle (plural grackles)

plural grackles · alternative archaic grakle

  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. broadlyAny of several Asian myna birds of the genus Gracula.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounglossy black Asiatic starling often taught to mimic speech

Similar
hill mynaIndian grackleGracula religiosa
Broader
mynamynahmina

nounlong-tailed American blackbird having iridescent black plumage

Similar
crow blackbird
Broader
New World blackbirdblackbird
Also see
hill myna

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latingraculus“jackdaw”
  2. translingualGracula
  3. Englishgrackle

From translingual Gracula, from Latin graculus (“jackdaw”).

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 美洲黑羽椋鳥 /美洲黑羽椋鸟
  • 美洲黑羽椋鳥 /美洲黑羽椋鸟 (Měizhōu hēiyǔ liángniǎo)genus Quiscalus
Esperanto kviskalo
  • kviskalogenus Quiscalus
Finnish mölyturpiaali
  • mölyturpiaaligenus Quiscalus
French quiscale
  • quiscalegenus Quiscalus
Italian gracula, gracchio
  • graculagenus Quiscalus
  • gracchiogenus Quiscalus
Polish wilgowron
  • wilgowrongenus Quiscalus
Russian гра́кл
  • гра́кл (grákl)genus Quiscalus
Spanish chango (Antillean grackle), chinchilín (Antillean grackle)
  • chango (Antillean grackle)genus Quiscalus
  • chinchilín (Antillean grackle)genus Quiscalus
  • clarinerogenus Quiscalus
  • mariamulatagenus Quiscalus
  • zanategenus Quiscalus
Swedish båtstjärt
  • båtstjärtgenus Quiscalus
Ukrainian гра́кл
  • гра́кл (hrákl)genus Quiscalus

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with grackle

tacklecrackleshacklehacklecacklespackleGacklebackalbeshacklechackleenshackle
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Cite this entry
APA

grackle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grackle

MLA

“grackle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grackle. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grackle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grackle.

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