grackle
pronunciation
How to pronounce grackle in British English:
UK ['græk(ə)l]
How to pronounce grackle in American English:
US ['grækəl]
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- Noun:
- glossy black Asiatic starling often taught to mimic speech
- long-tailed American blackbird having iridescent black plumage
Word Origin
- grackle (n.)
- 1772, gracule, from genus name Gracula, Modern Latin use of fem. of Latin graculus "jackdaw, European crow," perhaps of imitative origin (compare crow (n.), crane (n.)). The anglicized form of the word is attested from 1782.