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Noun: grackle  gra-kul
  1. Glossy black Asiatic starling often taught to mimic speech
    - hill myna, Indian grackle, Gracula religiosa
     
  2. Long-tailed American blackbird having iridescent black plumage
    - crow blackbird

Derived forms: grackles

Type of: blackbird, mina [non-standard], myna, myna bird, mynah, mynah bird, New World blackbird

Part of: genus Quiscalus, Quiscalus

Encyclopedia: Grackle