Word Study
gracillent |
gracious |
gracious living |
graciously |
graciousness |
grackle
| gracula
| gracula religiosa
| grad
| grad school
| grad student
grackle
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun grackle has 2 senses
- grackle(n = noun.animal) gracula religiosa, hill myna, indian grackle - glossy black Asiatic starling often taught to mimic speech; Array is a kind of mina, minah, myna, myna bird, mynah, mynah bird
- grackle(n = noun.animal) crow blackbird - long-tailed American blackbird having iridescent black plumage; Array is a kind of blackbird, new world blackbird
is a member of genus quiscalus, quiscalus
has particulars: purple grackle, quiscalus quiscula
CIDE DICTIONARY
grackle, n. [Cf. L. graculus jackdaw.].
One of several American blackbirds, of the family Icteridæ ; 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. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
grackle, n.
1 any of various orioles, esp. of the genus Quiscalus, native to America, the males of which are shiny black with a blue-green sheen. Also called BLACKBIRD.
2 any of various minas, esp. of the genus Gracula, native to Asia.
1 any of various orioles, esp. of the genus Quiscalus, native to America, the males of which are shiny black with a blue-green sheen. Also called BLACKBIRD.
2 any of various minas, esp. of the genus Gracula, native to Asia.
Etymology
mod.L Gracula f. L graculus jackdaw
For further exploring for "grackle" in Webster Dictionary Online
