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Quiscalus crassirostris
Tinkling Tin"kling, n. 1. A tinkle, or succession of tinkles. Drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds. --Gray. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A grackle (Quiscalus crassirostris) native of Jamaica. It often associates with domestic cattle, and rids them of insects.
Quiscalus major
Boat-tail Boat"-tail`, n. (Zo["o]l.) A large grackle or blackbird (Quiscalus major), found in the Southern United States.
Quiscalus quiscula
Grackle Grac"kle, n. [Cf. L. graculus jackdaw.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) One of several American blackbirds, of the family Icterid[ae]; as, the rusty grackle (Scolecophagus Carolinus); the boat-tailed grackle (see Boat-tail); the purple grackle (Quiscalus quiscula, or Q. versicolor). See Crow blackbird, under Crow. (b) An Asiatic bird of the genus Gracula. See Myna.
Quiscalus quiscula
Crow Crow, n. [AS. cr?we a crow (in sense 1); akin to D. kraai, G. kr?e; cf. Icel. kr?ka crow. So named from its cry, from AS. cr?wan to crow. See Crow, v. i. ] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles. It has a harsh, croaking note. See Caw. Note: The common crow of Europe, or carrion crow, is C. corone. The common American crow is C. Americanus. See Carrion crow, and Illustr., under Carrion. 2. A bar of iron with a beak, crook, or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar. Get me an iron crow, and bring it straight Unto my cell. --Shak. 3. The cry of the cock. See Crow, v. i., 1. 4. The mesentery of a beast; -- so called by butchers. Carrion crow. See under Carrion. Crow blackbird (Zo["o]l.), an American bird (Quiscalus quiscula); -- called also purple grackle. Crow pheasant (Zo["o]l.), an Indian cuckoo; the common coucal. It is believed by the natives to give omens. See Coucal. Crow shrike (Zo["o]l.), 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).
Quiscalus versicolor
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 Agel[ae]us ph[oe]niceus, or red-winged blackbird; the cowbird; the rusty grackle, etc. See Redwing.

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- Look up calus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Calus may refer to: Căluș, a traditional Romanian dance Čālūs, a city in Mazandaran, Iran Čālūs River...
- fraternal secret society who practice a ritual acrobatic dance known as the căluș. Originally Romanian, the practice later spread to North Bulgaria. From...
- Calu (Etruscan: 𐌖𐌋𐌀𐌂, romanized: Calu, lit. 'dark, darkness') is an epithet of the Etruscan chthonic fire god Śuri as god of the underworld, roughly...
- Mazandarani language. The eastern Gilaki is spoken in the entire valley of the Čālūs river, though some Kurdish tribes were established in the yeylāq of Kojūr...
- Carla Soledad "Calu" Rivero (born 5 April 1987) is an Argentine actress and model. Carla Soledad Rivero was born in Recreo, Catamarca. She is of Hispanic...
- The Chalus River (Persian: رود چالوس, romanized: Rud-e Čālūs), or Chalus Rud is a major river located in central−northern Iran. It originates in the Kandovan...
- Calu-3 is a human lung cancer cell line commonly used in cancer research and drug development. Calu-3 cells are epithelial and can act as respiratory...
- effect against Calus' loyalists but at considerable cost to themself. Suddenly possessing the Guardian's Ghost, the Witness commands Calus to set up the...
- original Destiny, and the Leviathan, the flagship of the exiled Cabal Emperor, Calus, in Destiny 2. The Leviathan was originally only the location of Destiny...
- inventor. On some accounts, Talos was also called Attalus (Ἄτταλος) or Calus/Calos (Κάλως). While he was still a lad in years, Talos/Perdix was receiving...