grackle

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: grack=le

CIDE DICTIONARY

grackle, n. [Cf. L. graculus jackdaw.].

 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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

grackle, n.
1 any of various orioles, esp. of the genus Quiscalus, native to America, the males of which are shiny black with a blue-green sheen. Also called BLACKBIRD.
2 any of various minas, esp. of the genus Gracula, native to Asia.

Etymology

mod.L Gracula f. L graculus jackdaw