NOUN | animal | New World blackbird, blackbird | any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black |
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Meaning | Any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black. | |
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Synonym | blackbird | |
Narrower | cowbird | North American blackbird that follows cattle and lays eggs in other birds' nests |
grackle, crow blackbird | long-tailed American blackbird having iridescent black plumage | |
red-winged blackbird, redwing, Agelaius phoeniceus | North American blackbird with scarlet patches on the wings | |
rusty blackbird, rusty grackle, Euphagus carilonus | North American blackbird whose bluish-black plumage is rusty-edged in the fall | |
Broader | New World oriole, American oriole, oriole | American songbird |
Spanish | soldadito, turpial |
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