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or rusty grackle
Definition of rusty blackbird
: a blackbird (Euphagus carolinus) of the eastern U.S. whose adult male has a white iris and a uniformly blue-black color in spring but in the fall has the edges of the feathers become rusty
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The first known use of rusty blackbird was in 1811
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