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GRACKLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Long-tailed American blackbird having iridescent black plumage
Synonyms:
crow blackbird; grackle
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("grackle" is a kind of...):
blackbird; New World blackbird (any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "grackle"):
purple grackle; Quiscalus quiscula (eastern United States grackle)
Holonyms ("grackle" is a member of...):
genus Quiscalus; Quiscalus (grackles)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Glossy black Asiatic starling often taught to mimic speech
Synonyms:
grackle; Gracula religiosa; hill myna; Indian grackle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("grackle" is a kind of...):
mina; minah; myna; myna bird; mynah; mynah bird (tropical Asian starlings)
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