grackle

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

grackle
    n 1: glossy black Asiatic starling often taught to mimic speech
         [syn: {hill myna}, {Indian grackle}, {grackle}, {Gracula
         religiosa}]
    2: long-tailed American blackbird having iridescent black
       plumage [syn: {grackle}, {crow blackbird}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Grackle \Grac"kle\, n. [Cf. L. graculus jackdaw.] (Zool.)
   (a) One of several American blackbirds, of the family
       {Icterid[ae]}; as, the rusty grackle ({Scolecophagus
       Carolinus}); the boat-tailed grackle (see Boat-tail); the
       purple grackle ({Quiscalus quiscula}, or {Q.
       versicolor}). See {Crow blackbird}, under {Crow}.
   (b) An Asiatic bird of the genus {Gracula}. See {Myna}.
       [1913 Webster]