grackle
/ˈgrækl/noun
1
- a songbird of the American blackbird family, the male of which has shiny black plumage with a blue-green sheen美洲的拟八哥。
1.1
- Several genera and species, family Icteridae, in particular the common grackle(Quiscalus quiscula ).数属, 数种, 拟鹂科, 尤指普通美洲拟八哥（拉丁名Quiscalus quiscula）。
2
- another term for an Asian mynah or starling, with mainly black plumage鹩哥（亚洲家八哥或椋鸟, 羽毛多为黑色）。
2.1
- Gracula and other genera, family Sturnidae; southern grackle is another term for the hill mynah.鹩哥属及其他属, 椋鸟科, 南方鹩哥是鹩哥的别称。
词源
late 18th cent.: from modern Latin Gracula, from Latin graculus 'jackdaw'.