| 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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