Grackle: alternatives and connections

A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars or paddles, but often by a sail.

A large grackle or blackbird (Quiscalus major), found in the Southern United States.

A brownish purple pigment, obtained by the action of some compounds of tin upon certain salts of gold. It is used in painting and stai…

The red-bellied wood pecker (Melanerpes Carolinus).

To talk in a light and familiar manner; to converse without form or ceremony; to gossip.

The cavally or jurel.

A dog with a docked tail; formerly, the dog of a person not qualified to course, which, by the forest laws, must have its tail cut sho…

Daggle-tailed; having the tail clogged with daglocks.

A genus of plants (Rumex), some species of which are well-known weeds which have a long taproot and are difficult of extermination.

To tinge or dye of a purple color; to color with purple; to impurple.

One of several wading birds, having long, webless toes, and a frontal shield, belonging to the family Rallidae. They are remarkable fo…

One of several species of long-billed, wading birds of the genus Limosa, and family Tringidae. The European black-tailed godwit (Limos…

Any thorny shrub of the genus Ribes; also, the edible berries of such shrub. There are several species, of which Ribes Grossularia is…

A South American animal of the family Mustelidae (Galictis vittata). It is about two feet long, exclusive of the tail. Its under parts…

To color or tinge with purple; to make red or reddish; to purple; as, a field impurpled with blood.

A tall weed with purplish flowers (Vernonia Noveboracensis). The name is also applied to other plants of the same genus.

A small American bird (Tyrannus tyrannus, or T. Carolinensis), noted for its courage in attacking larger birds, even hawks and eagles,…

Any one of two or three species of Australian birds of the genus Menura. The male is remarkable for having the sixteen tail feathers v…