| 单词 | northern shrike | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasnorthern shrike   northern shrike  n. (more fully  great northern shrike) a large migratory shrike with grey and black upperparts, white underparts, and a black mask,  Lanius borealis, which breeds in northern regions of Eurasia and North America.Occasionally classified as the great grey shrike,  L. excubitor, or a subspecies of this. Cf. great grey shrike n. at great adj., n., adv., and int. Compounds 1g. ΚΠ 1781    J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I.  i. 165  				Northern S		[hrike]	... Brought from the northern parts of America by the late voyagers. 1888    Ornithologist & Oölogist July 103/2  				Great Northern Shrike, (yng.), shot at Matinicus Island... Stomach completely filled with black bugs, other small insects, and a substance resembling purple berries. 1969    Globe & Mail 		(Toronto)	 20 Dec. 32/5  				In our area if you should see a shrike in winter it is almost certain to be a northern shrike, in summer a loggerhead shrike. 2018    A. Dorst Birds Vancouver Island's West Coast 363  				Northern shrike. Lanius borealis... This bird, with grey-and-white plumage and contrasting black wings, tail, and mask, is hard to mistake for any other. < as lemmas  | 
	
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