Definition of butcherbird Butcherbird
butch•er•bird
We found 4 definitions of butcherbird from 3 different sources.
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What does butcherbird mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: butcherbirds |
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| butcherbird - shrikes that impale their prey on thorns | ||
| shrike any of numerous Old World birds having a strong hooked bill that feed on smaller animals | ||
| genus lanius, lanius type genus of the Laniidae: typical shrikes | ||
| european shrike, lanius excubitor a common European butcherbird | ||
| lanius borealis, northern shrike a butcherbird of northern North America | ||
| butcherbird - large carnivorous Australian bird with the shrike-like habit of impaling prey on thorns | ||
| australian magpie black-and-white oscine birds that resemble magpies | ||
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Wiktionary 
- butcherbird (Noun)
Any of the magpie-like birds in the genus Cracticus.
Part of speech
🔤- butcherbird, noun, singular of butcherbirds.
