grackle

noun

1. glossy black Asiatic starling often taught to mimic speech

   noun.animal

   Synonyms gracula religiosa hill myna indian grackle

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. long-tailed American blackbird having iridescent black plumage

   noun.animal

   Synonyms crow blackbird

   Source: WordNet 3.0

3. One of several American blackbirds, of the family <i>Icterid&aelig;</i>; as, the rusty grackle (<i>Scolecophagus Carolinus</i>); the boat-tailed grackle (see Boat-tail); the purple grackle (<i>Quiscalus quiscula</i>, or <i>Q. versicolor</i>). See <i>Crow blackbird</i>, under <u>Crow</u>.

   noun

   Source: webster1913