shrike

shrike (shr

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.

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

shrike [ʃraɪk]

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

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

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ant shrike
batarg
black-fronted bush shrike
bush shrike
butcherbird
Chlorophoneus
Chlorophoneus nigrifrons
European shrike
family Laniidae
genus Chlorophoneus
genus Lanius
Laniidae
Lanius
Lanius lucovicianus
Lanius ludovicianus migrans
loggerhead shrike
Malaconotinae
migrant shrike
northern shrike

In our own country the larger titmouse (Parus major) may be seen climbing branches, almost like a creeper; it often, like a shrike, kills small birds by blows on the head; and I have many times seen and heard it hammering the seeds of the yew on a branch, and thus breaking them like a nuthatch.

The Origin of Species by Darwin, Charles View in context

In its structure it closely approaches the true shrikes, but in its habits may be compared to many birds.

The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context

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