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Definition: Quiscalus quiscula
Quiscalus quiscula
n : eastern United States grackle [syn:
purple grackle]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Quiscalus quiscula
Grackle
\Grac"kle\, n. [Cf. L. graculus jackdaw.] (Zo["o]l.)
(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.
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Crow
\Crow\, n. [AS. cr[=a]we a crow (in sense 1); akin to D.
kraai, G. kr[aum]he; cf. Icel. kr[=a]ka crow. So named from
its cry, from AS. cr[=a]wan to crow. See
Crow, v. i. ]
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1. (Zo["o]l.) A bird, usually black, of the genus
Corvus,
having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles. It
has a harsh, croaking note. See
Caw.
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Note: The common crow of Europe, or carrion crow, is
Corvus corone
. The common American crow is
Corvus Americanus
. See
Carrion crow, and Illustr., under
Carrion.
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2. A bar of iron with a beak, crook, or claw; a bar of iron
used as a lever; a crowbar.
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Get me an iron crow, and bring it straight
Unto my cell. --Shak.
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3. The cry of the cock. See
Crow, v. i., 1.
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4. The mesentery of a beast; -- so called by butchers.
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Carrion crow. See under
Carrion.
Crow blackbird (Zo["o]l.), an American bird (
Quiscalus quiscula
); -- called also
purple grackle.
Crow pheasant (Zo["o]l.), an Indian cuckoo; the common
coucal. It is believed by the natives to give omens. See
Coucal.
Crow shrike (Zo["o]l.), any bird of the genera
Gymnorhina,
Craticus, or
Strepera, mostly from
Australia.
Red-legged crow. See
Crough.
As the crow flies, in a direct line.
To pick a crow,
To pluck a crow, to state and adjust a
difference or grievance (with any one).
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