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Butcherbird

see synonyms of butcherbird

Noun

1. butcherbird

shrikes that impale their prey on thorns

2. butcherbird

large carnivorous Australian bird with the shrike-like habit of impaling prey on thorns

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Butcherbird

see synonyms of butcherbird

noun

1.

a shrike, esp one of the genus Lanius

2.

any of several Australian magpies of the genus Cracticus that impale their prey on thorns

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Butcherbird

see synonyms of butcherbird

noun

any of various shrikes which, after killing prey, impale it on thorns

: also butcher bird

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Butcherbird

see synonyms of butcherbird

n.

1. Any of several magpies of the genus Cracticus, native to Australia and New Guinea, that impale their prey on thorns.

2. Any of various unrelated birds of North America, Asia, or Europe that behave similarly, especially the shrikes.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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