NOUN | animal | grackle, hill myna, Indian grackle, Gracula religiosa | glossy black Asiatic starling often taught to mimic speech |
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animal | grackle, crow blackbird | long-tailed American blackbird having iridescent black plumage |
Sounds | grae'kahl | |
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Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... |
Meaning | Glossy black Asiatic starling often taught to mimic speech. | |
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Synonyms | hill myna, Indian grackle, Gracula religiosa | |
Broader | myna, mynah, mina, minah, myna bird, mynah bird | Tropical Asian starlings |
Meaning | long-tailed American blackbird having iridescent black plumage. | |
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Synonym | crow blackbird | |
Member of | Quiscalus, genus Quiscalus | grackles |
Narrower | purple grackle, Quiscalus quiscula | eastern United States grackle |
Broader | New World blackbird, blackbird | Any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black |
Spanish | clarinero, mariamulata, zanate |
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