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RUSTY GRACKLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rusty grackle mean? 

RUSTY GRACKLE (noun)
  The noun RUSTY GRACKLE has 1 sense:

1. North American blackbird whose bluish-black plumage is rusty-edged in the fallplay

  Familiarity information: RUSTY GRACKLE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RUSTY GRACKLE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

North American blackbird whose bluish-black plumage is rusty-edged in the fall

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Euphagus carilonus; rusty blackbird; rusty grackle

Hypernyms ("rusty grackle" is a kind of...):

blackbird; New World blackbird (any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black)

Holonyms ("rusty grackle" is a member of...):

Euphagus; genus Euphagus (a genus of Icteridae)


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