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n.
One of a group of Australian birds of the genus Falcunculus, resembling shrikes and titmice.
n.
A bush shrike.
n.
A passerine bird of the family Dicruridae. They are usually black with a deeply forked tail. They are natives of Asia, Africa, and Australia; -- called also drongo shrikes.
n.
A shrike or butcher bird; -- called also mattages.
a.
Of or pertaining to the shrikes (family Laniidae).
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.
n.
The Australian pied crow shrike (Strepera graculina). It is glossy bluish black, with the under tail coverts and the tips and bases of the tail feathers white.
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The red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio); -- called also wurger, worrier, and throttler.
n.
An American shrike (Lanius Ludovicianus), similar to the butcher bird, but smaller. See Shrike.
a.
A species of shrike.
n.
A European shrike (Enneoctonus rufus). In the male the head and nape are rufous red; the back, wings, and tail are black, varied with white.
n.
One of numerous species of long-winged, shrikelike birds of Australia and the East Indies, of the genus Artamus, and allied genera; called also wood swallow.
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The red-backed shrike. See Flasher.
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A shrike or butcher bird; -- written also matagasse.
n.
The European red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio); -- called also flusher.
a.
Having a toothed bill; -- applied to a group of passerine birds, having the bill notched, and feeding chiefly on insects, as the shrikes and vireos. See Illust. (N) under Beak.
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