crow blackbird

crow blackbird
any of several North American grackles, esp. purple grackles of the genus Quiscalus.
[1770-80, Amer.]

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  • Crow blackbird — 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. ] [1913 Webster] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A bird, usually black, of the genus… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • crow blackbird — noun long tailed American blackbird having iridescent black plumage • Syn: ↑grackle • Hypernyms: ↑New World blackbird, ↑blackbird • Hyponyms: ↑purple grackle, ↑Quiscalus quiscula …   Useful english dictionary

  • crow blackbird — /kroʊ ˈblækbɜd/ (say kroh blakberd) noun → grackle (def. 1) …  

  • 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. ] [1913 Webster] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A bird, usually black, of the genus {Corvus} …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Crow pheasant — 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. ] [1913 Webster] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A bird, usually black, of the genus… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Crow shrike — 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. ] [1913 Webster] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A bird, usually black, of the genus… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Blackbird — Black bird (bl[a^]k b[ e]rd), n. (Zo[ o]l.) In England, a species of thrush ({Turdus merula}), a singing bird with a fin note; the merle. In America the name is given to several birds, as the {Quiscalus versicolor}, or crow blackbird; the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • blackbird — /blak berrd /, n. 1. a common European thrush, Turdus merula, the male of which is black with a yellow bill. 2. any of several American birds of the family Icteridae, having black plumage. Cf. crow blackbird, red winged blackbird, rusty blackbird …   Universalium

  • blackbird n — crow bar …   English expressions

  • Blackbird — Taxobox name = Blackbird status = LC status ref =IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=51596|title=Turdus merula|downloaded=2007 12 06 Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern] status system …   Wikipedia

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