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grackle

/ˈɡɹækl̩/

grackle noun: any of several passerine birds of the genera Quiscalus, Hypopyrrhus, Lampropsar and Macroagelaius, of the Americas, having iridescent plumage.

grackle: any of several passerine birds of the genera Quiscalus, Hypopyrrhus, Lampropsar and Macroagelaius,...
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Noun

grackle (plural grackles)

  1. Any of several passerine birds of the genera Quiscalus, Hypopyrrhus, Lampropsar and Macroagelaius, of the Americas, having iridescent plumage.
    • Outside, a gang of grackles combed the landscaped lawn like a homicide squad dragging a field for evidence.1995, Richard Powers, Galatea 2.2, Vintage (2019), page 164
  2. (broadly) Any of several Asian myna birds of the genus Gracula.

grackle meaning in Tamil

grackle in Tamil

காக்கையினப் பறவை

Forms of grackle

pluralgrackles
alternative form (archaic)grakle

Origin of grackle

From translingual Gracula, from Latin graculus (“jackdaw”).

Words formed from grackle

  • boat-tailed grackle
  • Carib grackle
  • common grackle
  • golden-tufted grackle
  • greater Antillean grackle
  • great-tailed grackle
  • mountain grackle
  • Nicaraguan grackle
  • red-bellied grackle
  • slender-billed grackle
  • velvet-fronted grackle

Words that rhyme with grackle

Questions about grackle

What does grackle mean?
Grackle means any of several passerine birds of the genera Quiscalus, Hypopyrrhus, Lampropsar and Macroagelaius, of the Americas, having iridescent plumage.
What is grackle in Tamil?
Grackle in Tamil is காக்கையினப் பறவை. See Grackle meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is grackle?
Grackle is a noun.
How do you pronounce grackle?
Grackle is pronounced /ˈɡɹækl̩/.
What is the plural of grackle?
The plural of grackle is grackles.

Words near grackle in the dictionary

  1. graciousnesses
  2. Gracis
  3. gracism
  4. gracist
  5. gracists
  6. grackle
  7. grackles
  8. Gracy
  9. Gracys
  10. Graczyk
  11. Graczyks

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: grackle (page history and authors); grackle (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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