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SHRIKE

Dictionary entry overview: What does shrike mean?

• SHRIKE (noun)
The noun SHRIKE has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: SHRIKE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SHRIKE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("shrike" is a kind of...):

oscine; oscine bird (passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shrike"):

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)

Holonyms ("shrike" is a member of...):

family Laniidae; Laniidae (shrikes)

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SHRIKE: related words searches

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