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Definition of Butcherbird
1. Noun. Shrikes that impale their prey on thorns.
Group relationships: Genus Lanius, Lanius
Specialized synonyms: European Shrike, Lanius Excubitor, Lanius Borealis, Northern Shrike, Lanius Ludovicianus Excubitorides, White-rumped Shrike
2. Noun. Large carnivorous Australian bird with the shrike-like habit of impaling prey on thorns.
Definition of Butcherbird
1. Noun. (South Africa) The Fiscal shrike ¹
2. Noun. any of the magpie-like birds in the genus ''Cracticus'' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Butcherbird
Literary usage of Butcherbird
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Sporting Magazine (1833)
"Mr. Baily's rb butcherbird, beat Mr. Anderson's fd Agile Mr. Seymour's rd ...
Lad beat butcherbird Coral beat Bella Critic beat Ringlet Needle beat Nancy ..."
2. The National Standard Encyclopedia: A Dictionary of Literature, the Sciences (1888)
"The popular name of the red-backed shrike or butcherbird of Britain and the
northern butcherbird of America, from the belief that the bird catches and ..."
3. Proceedings by Bristol Naturalists' Society (Bristol, England), Bristol Naturalists' Society (1891)
"... or butcherbird, shot at Abbot's Leigh. Dr. Munro Smith exhibited and remarked
upon the Water-colls of the Camel's Stomach (Proceedings, page 118), ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1891)
"A PLEASANT article, chiefly concerning the shrike, or butcherbird,— one of John
Burroughs's bright articles,— calls to my mind some questions concerning the ..."