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  • proper noun A genus of birds including the red-winged blackbirds.

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  • proper noun A taxonomic genus within the family Icteridae — several blackbirds.

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  • noun red-winged blackbirds

Etymologies

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New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀγελαῖος ("gregarious")

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