grackle Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun glossy black Asiatic starling often taught to mimic speech
    hill myna; Indian grackle; Gracula religiosa.
  2. noun long-tailed American blackbird having iridescent black plumage
    crow blackbird.

WordNet

Grac"kle noun
Etymology
Cf. L. graculus jackdaw.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) (a) One of several American blackbirds, of the family Icteridæ; as, the rusty grackle (Scolecophagus Carolinus); the boat-tailed grackle (see Boat-tail); the purple grackle (Quiscalus quiscula, or Q. versicolor). See Crow blackbird, under Crow. (b) An Asiatic bird of the genus Gracula. See Myna.

Webster 1913