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Butcherbird Moderate

Butcherbird has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

shrikes that impale their prey on thorns

2

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

3

Any of the magpie-like birds in the genus Cracticus, family Artamidae, of Australia and New Guinea.

See Also
butcherbirds shrike lanius genus cracticus
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
shrike Australian magpie
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
European shrike northern shrike white-rumped shrike
Rhyming Words
wird jird bird hird gird caird reird third weird baird faird laird upgird oxbird zubird engird begird braird ungird wetbird
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