'Purple grackle' definitions:

Definition of 'purple grackle'

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noun
Eastern United States grackle [syn: purple grackle, Quiscalus quiscula]

Definition of 'Purple grackle'

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  • Purple \Pur"ple\, a.
  • 1. Exhibiting or possessing the color called purple, much esteemed for its richness and beauty; of a deep red, or red and blue color; as, a purple robe. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Imperial; regal; -- so called from the color having been an emblem of imperial authority. [1913 Webster]
  • Hide in the dust thy purple pride. --Shelley. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Blood-red; bloody. [1913 Webster]
  • May such purple tears be alway shed. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • I view a field of blood, And Tiber rolling with a purple blood. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • Purple bird (Zool.), the European purple gallinule. See under Gallinule.
  • Purple copper ore. (Min.) See Bornite.
  • Purple grackle (Zool.), the crow blackbird. See under Crow.
  • Purple martin. See under Martin.
  • Purple sandpiper. See under Sandpiper.
  • Purple shell. See Ianthina. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'purple grackle'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. (Zool.) A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles. It has a harsh, croaking note. See Caw. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A bar of iron with a beak, crook, or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar. [1913 Webster]
  • Get me an iron crow, and bring it straight Unto my cell. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. The cry of the cock. See Crow, v. i., 1. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. The mesentery of a beast; -- so called by butchers. [1913 Webster]
  • Carrion crow. See under Carrion.
  • Crow blackbird (Zool.), an American bird ({Quiscalus quiscula}); -- called also purple grackle.
  • Crow pheasant (Zool.), an Indian cuckoo; the common coucal. It is believed by the natives to give omens. See Coucal.
  • Crow shrike (Zool.), 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). [1913 Webster]