Origin of 'graculina'

[Paul Taylor <>]

Cas and Lisa Liber wrote:
>  
> Does anyone know the origin of this - is it just 'grackle-like' ? I thought
> this but  the actual grackle genus is called something completely different.
It probably related to the Latin "graculus" for a jackdaw or jay.

The key seems to be this Indo-European root, meaning "to cry hoarsely":
   http://www.bartleby.com/61/roots/IE149.html

From it is derived crane, crake, crow, crack, croon, grus, grackle etc.

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