grackle

• grakle (archaic)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹækl̩/
• Rhymes: -ækəl

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grackle (plural grackles)

1. Any of several passerine birds of the genera Quiscalus, Hypopyrrhus, Lampropsar and Macroagelaius, of the Americas, having iridescent plumage.
   • 1995, Richard Powers, Galatea 2.2, Vintage (2019), page 164:

     Outside, a gang of grackles combed the landscaped lawn like a homicide squad dragging a field for evidence.

2. (loosely) Any of several Asian myna birds of the genus Gracula.