Definition of shrikes Shrikes
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What does shrikes mean?
Wiktionary 
- shrikes (Noun)
Plural of shrike.
Part of speech
🔤- shrikes, noun, plural of shrike.
WordNet
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| 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 large carnivorous Australian bird with the shrike-like habit of impaling 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 | ||
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Wiktionary
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- shrike (v. i.)
Any one of numerous species of oscinine birds of the family Laniidae, having a strong hooked bill, toothed at the tip. Most shrikes are insectivorous, but the common European gray shrike (Lanius excubitor), the great northern shrike (L. borealis), and several others, kill mice, small birds, etc., and often impale them on thorns, and are, on that account called also butcher birds. See under Butcher.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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shrike
shrÄ«k, n. a genus of passerine birds which prey on insects and small birds, impaling its prey on thorns—hence called the Butcher-bird. [Ice. skrÃkja; cf. Shriek.]
Part of speech
🔤- shrike, noun, singular of shrikes.
