boat-tailed grackle
[
boht
-teyld]
/ˈboʊtˌteɪld/
noun
1.
a large grackle,
Quiscalus major,
of the southeastern U.S., that folds its tail into a shape resembling the keel of a boat.
Origin
1830-40,
Americanism
Examples from the web for
boat-tailed grackle
The
boat-tailed grackle
and fish crow are the only non-aquatic species found regularly on intertidal flats.