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Shrike

noun
1.
Any of numerous Old World birds having a strong hooked bill that feed on smaller animals.



Related searches:
European shrike
ant shrike
black-fronted bush shrike
bush shrike
loggerhead shrike
migrant shrike
northern shrike
piping crow-shrike
swallow shrike
white-rumped shrike


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"Shrike" Quotes from Famous Books



... true daughter of the family, as she was. For the jays are famous for jilting their lovers. "If the mouse is afraid," said the jay, "I'll fetch the humble-bee back, and if he won't come I'll speak a word to my friend the shrike, and have him spitted on a thorn in a minute." Off he flew, and the humble-bee, dreadfully ...
— Wood Magic - A Fable • Richard Jefferies


Words linked to "Shrike" :   Lanius lucovicianus, Lanius ludovicianus migrans, family Laniidae, oscine, oscine bird, butcherbird, Laniidae


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