grackle

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From translingual Gracula, from Latin graculus (“jackdaw”).

He, too, began to feel the subtle stillness of the drowsing woodland; musing there, caressing his short, crisp mustache, he watched the purple grackle walking about in iridescent solitude, the sun spots waning and glowing on the grass; he heard the soft, garrulous whimper of waterfowl along the water's edge, the stir of leaves above. — The Green Mouse, Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

hill myna, Indian grackle, Gracula religiosa

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