noun
eastern United States grackle
• Syn: ↑Quiscalus quiscula
• Hypernyms: ↑grackle, ↑crow blackbird
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noun : a No. American grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) with black and in the full-plumaged male purplish iridescent plumage — see bronzed grackle, florida grackle
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the eastern subspecies of the common grackle, Quiscalus quiscula, of North America, having an iridescent purple back.
[1775-85, Amer.]
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purple grackle,
a large, purplish, iridescent blackbird found along the Atlantic coastal belt from southern New England and New York to Florida and Louisiana.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.