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shrike  (shrk)

n.

Any of various carnivorous oscine birds of the family Laniidae, having a screeching call and a strong hooked bill with a toothlike projection and often impaling its prey on sharp-pointed thorns or barbs of wire fencing.

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[Probably from Middle English *shrik, from Old English scrc, thrush.]

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shrike [ʃraɪk]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Also called butcherbird any songbird of the chiefly Old World family Laniidae, having a heavy hooked bill and feeding on smaller animals which they sometimes impale on thorns, barbed wire, etc. See also bush shrike [1]

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various similar but unrelated birds, such as the cuckoo shrikes

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals)

shrike thrush or tit another name for thickhead (the bird)

[Old English scrīc thrush; related to Middle Dutch schrīk corncrake; see screech¹, shriek]

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Noun

1.

shrike - any of numerous Old World birds having a strong hooked bill that feed on smaller animals oscine, oscine bird - passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus family Laniidae, Laniidae - shrikes butcherbird - shrikes that impale their prey on thorns Lanius lucovicianus, loggerhead shrike - a common shrike of southeastern United States having black bands around the eyes Lanius ludovicianus migrans, migrant shrike - a shrike of central North America; winters in Texas and the southern Mississippi valley bush shrike - an African shrike

Translations

shrike [ʃraɪk] N → alcaudón m

shrike

n → Würger m

shrike [ʃraɪk] n → averla maggiore