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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A name of the purple grackle, Quiscalus purpureus, an American passerine bird of the family Icteridæ and subfamily Quiscalinæ, common in the eastern United States: so called from its large size and dark color, which give it somewhat the appearance of a crow.

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