shrike
Noun
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Any of numerous Old World birds having a strong hooked bill that feed on smaller animals (synset 101601229)
is a type of: oscine, oscine bird - passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatussubtypes:
- 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
belongs to: family laniidae, laniidae - shrikes
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