Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
Any of several passerine birds of the genera Quiscalus, Hypopyrrhus, Lampropsar and Macroagelaius, of the Americas, having iridescent plumage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any of several Asian myna birds of the genus Gracula.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
long-tailed American blackbird having iridescent black plumage
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: crow blackbird
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: New World blackbird, blackbird
Narrower terms: purple grackle, Quiscalus quiscula
noun
glossy black Asiatic starling often taught to mimic speech
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: hill myna, Indian grackle, Gracula religiosa
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: myna, mynah, mina, minah, myna bird, mynah bird
History
From translingual Gracula, from Latin graculus (“jackdaw”).
Across languages
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
