"grackle" meaning in English

See grackle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɡɹækl̩/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-grackle.wav Forms: grackles [plural]
Rhymes: -ækəl Etymology: From translingual Gracula, from Latin graculus (“jackdaw”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|mul|Gracula}} translingual Gracula, {{der|en|la|graculus||jackdaw}} Latin graculus (“jackdaw”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} grackle (plural grackles)
  1. Any of several American blackbirds of the genus Quiscalus, and related genera, having iridescent plumage. Categories (lifeform): Icterids, Starlings Translations (genus Quiscalus): 美洲黑羽椋鳥 (Chinese Mandarin), 美洲黑羽椋鸟 (Měizhōu hēiyǔ liángniǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), mölyturpiaali (Finnish), quiscale [masculine] (French), gracula [feminine] (Italian), gracchio [masculine] (Italian), chango (Antillean grackle) [masculine] (Spanish), chinchilín (Antillean grackle) [masculine] (Spanish), clarinero [masculine] (Spanish), mariamulata [feminine] (Spanish), zanate [masculine] (Spanish), båtstjärt [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-grackle-en-noun-DCtT2nQm Disambiguation of Icterids: 73 27 Disambiguation of Starlings: 73 27 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 60 40 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of 'genus Quiscalus': 63 37
  2. (loosely) Any of several Asian myna birds of the genus Gracula. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-grackle-en-noun-kNpoITA-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: grakle [archaic]
Derived forms: boat-tailed grackle (taxonomic: Quiscalus major), Carib grackle (taxonomic: Quiscalus lugubris), common grackle (taxonomic: Quiscalus quiscala), golden-tufted grackle (taxonomic: Macroagelaius imthurni), greater Antillean grackle (taxonomic: Quiscalus niger), great-tailed grackle (taxonomic: Quiscalus mexicanus), mountain grackle (taxonomic: Macroagelaius spp.), Nicaraguan grackle (taxonomic: Quiscalus nicaraguensis), red-bellied grackle (taxonomic: Hypopyrrhus pyrohypogaster), slender-billed grackle (taxonomic: Quiscalus palustris), velvet-fronted grackle (taxonomic: Lampropsar tanagrinus)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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