ムクドリモドキ

noun

grackle; crow blackbird; oriole (in some contexts)

Refers to birds of the family Icteridae, especially grackles and blackbirds. The gloss 'oriole' may appear in older or less precise sources; New World orioles are in the same family, but true orioles are not. In Japanese, the name literally means 'gray starling mimic'.

• ムクドリモドキは北ほく米べいでよく見みられる黒くろい鳥とりだ。

  The grackle is a black bird commonly seen in North America.

• 図ず鑑かんでムクドリモドキの仲なか間まを調しらべた。

  I looked up the grackle family in the field guide.