butcherbirdn.

Brit.

/ˈbʊtʃəbəːd/, U.S.

/ˈbʊtʃərˌbərd/, Australian English

/ˈbʊtʃəbɜːd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: butcher n., bird n.

Etymology: < butcher n. + bird n.In sense 1a so called on account of their habit of storing dead prey by impaling it on thorns or spikes, a habit shared by the Australasian birds (sense 2). In sense 3 apparently so called on account of their habit of stealing meat from humans; compare meat-bird n. at meat n. Compounds 2. Compare French bouchari shrike (1770, apparently after the English name).

a. Any of the carnivorous or insectivorous songbirds comprising the family Laniidae; a shrike (shrike n.² 1). Frequently with distinguishing word.The family is found mainly in Eurasia and Africa, though there are two North American species.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Laniidae (shrike)

warianglec1386

nine-murder1544

shrike1544

butcherbird1666

murdering bird1666

nine-killer1778

larder bird1948

1666 C. Merrett Pinax Rerum Naturalium Britannicarum 170 Lanius, the Butcher, or murdering Bird.

1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. 146 Lanius or Butcher bird, is of three several kinds.

1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. vii. 229 The Butcher-bird or Wierangel, here called the Shriek or French-Pye.

1712 J. Morton Nat. Hist. Northants. 424 The Butcher-Bird..breeds sometimes in Northamptonshire, and particularly in Whittlewood Forest, where 'tis called the Night-Jarr.

1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 74 The red backt Butcher Bird..the upper part of the back and coverts of the wings are a bright ferruginous color.

1792 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina (new ed.) ii. x. 287 Lanius griseus; the little grey butcher-bird of Pensylvania.

1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. xii. 239 The butcher bird, transfixes its prey upon the spike of a thorn, whilst it picks its bones.

1846 Gardeners' Chron. 517 The red-backed shrike or butcher-bird.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xx. 623 When Tennyson referred to the sanguinary aspect of the hedgerow, he was perhaps thinking of the ‘larder’ of one of the shrikes or butcher-birds (Lanius), which often impales its booty on a stout thorn.

1996 P. Godwin Mukiwa (1997) vii. 129 Toppies..were fine to shoot because they ate fruit and were vermin. So were fiscal shrikes, which were called butcher birds because they killed other birds.

2008 Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, Mass.) (Nexis) 23 Jan. We know this solitary bird [sc. the Northern Shrike] as the butcherbird, the bird that impales and hangs its captured and killed prey on thorns.

†b. Any of various South American antbirds (family Thamnophilidae) formerly classified as shrikes. Obsolete.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > [noun] > family Formicariidae (ant bird) > types of

butcherbird1769

antwren1825

1769 E. Bancroft Ess. Nat. Hist. Guiana 154 The Black and White Butcher Bird of Guiana has a tapering bill, of a dusky brown colour.

1809 H. Bolingbroke Voy. Demerary 136 The red lanius, or butcher-bird, has feathers of a bright red colour, which on the wings and tail are spotted with black.

2. Chiefly Australian. Any of various large songbirds of the genera Cracticus and Melloria (family Artamidae), which are native to Australasia and typically have black, white, and grey plumage and a hooked bill. Frequently with distinguishing word.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > larger song birds > [noun] > family Artamidae (wood swallow)

butcherbird1827

wood swallow1869

swallow-flycatcher1885

swallow-shrike1887

1827 Trans. Linn. Soc. 15 213 Butcher-bird.—This bird used frequently to come into some green wattle-trees near my house.

1855 Argus (Melbourne) 7 Feb. 6/3 A silver-backed butcher-bird from Lancefield.

1893 Parl. Deb. (New S. Wales) No. 41. 6485/2 I look upon the butcher-bird as the most objectionable bird in the country.

1910 A. H. Davis Our Select. xvi. 148 All the sky was blue and the butcher-birds whistling strong.

1990 Sunday Tasmanian (Nexis) 18 Mar. A butcher bird may catch as many as 200 grubs and insects per day.

2006 New Scientist 27 May 93/4 In Victoria, the culprit is likely to have been a grey butcher-bird (Cracticus torquatus).

†3. Canadian. The grey jay, Perisoreus canadensis. Obsolete. rare.Cf. meat-bird n. at meat n. Compounds 2.

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a1857 D. Thompson Narr. Explor. W. Amer. 1784–1812 (1916) 48 At all seasons the Butcher bird is with us, and called Whiskyjack... He lives by plunder, and on berries, and what he cannot eat he hides.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	butcherbird
释义	butcherbirdn. Brit. /ˈbʊtʃəbəːd/, U.S. /ˈbʊtʃərˌbərd/, Australian English /ˈbʊtʃəbɜːd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: butcher n., bird n. Etymology: < butcher n. + bird n.In sense 1a so called on account of their habit of storing dead prey by impaling it on thorns or spikes, a habit shared by the Australasian birds (sense 2). In sense 3 apparently so called on account of their habit of stealing meat from humans; compare meat-bird n. at meat n. Compounds 2. Compare French bouchari shrike (1770, apparently after the English name). 1. a. Any of the carnivorous or insectivorous songbirds comprising the family Laniidae; a shrike (shrike n.² 1). Frequently with distinguishing word.The family is found mainly in Eurasia and Africa, though there are two North American species. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Laniidae (shrike) warianglec1386 nine-murder1544 shrike1544 butcherbird1666 murdering bird1666 nine-killer1778 larder bird1948 1666 C. Merrett Pinax Rerum Naturalium Britannicarum 170 Lanius, the Butcher, or murdering Bird. 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. 146 Lanius or Butcher bird, is of three several kinds. 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. vii. 229 The Butcher-bird or Wierangel, here called the Shriek or French-Pye. 1712 J. Morton Nat. Hist. Northants. 424 The Butcher-Bird..breeds sometimes in Northamptonshire, and particularly in Whittlewood Forest, where 'tis called the Night-Jarr. 1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 74 The red backt Butcher Bird..the upper part of the back and coverts of the wings are a bright ferruginous color. 1792 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina (new ed.) ii. x. 287 Lanius griseus; the little grey butcher-bird of Pensylvania. 1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. xii. 239 The butcher bird, transfixes its prey upon the spike of a thorn, whilst it picks its bones. 1846 Gardeners' Chron. 517 The red-backed shrike or butcher-bird. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xx. 623 When Tennyson referred to the sanguinary aspect of the hedgerow, he was perhaps thinking of the ‘larder’ of one of the shrikes or butcher-birds (Lanius), which often impales its booty on a stout thorn. 1996 P. Godwin Mukiwa (1997) vii. 129 Toppies..were fine to shoot because they ate fruit and were vermin. So were fiscal shrikes, which were called butcher birds because they killed other birds. 2008 Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, Mass.) (Nexis) 23 Jan. We know this solitary bird [sc. the Northern Shrike] as the butcherbird, the bird that impales and hangs its captured and killed prey on thorns. †b. Any of various South American antbirds (family Thamnophilidae) formerly classified as shrikes. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > [noun] > family Formicariidae (ant bird) > types of butcherbird1769 antwren1825 1769 E. Bancroft Ess. Nat. Hist. Guiana 154 The Black and White Butcher Bird of Guiana has a tapering bill, of a dusky brown colour. 1809 H. Bolingbroke Voy. Demerary 136 The red lanius, or butcher-bird, has feathers of a bright red colour, which on the wings and tail are spotted with black. 2. Chiefly Australian. Any of various large songbirds of the genera Cracticus and Melloria (family Artamidae), which are native to Australasia and typically have black, white, and grey plumage and a hooked bill. Frequently with distinguishing word. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > larger song birds > [noun] > family Artamidae (wood swallow) butcherbird1827 wood swallow1869 swallow-flycatcher1885 swallow-shrike1887 1827 Trans. Linn. Soc. 15 213 Butcher-bird.—This bird used frequently to come into some green wattle-trees near my house. 1855 Argus (Melbourne) 7 Feb. 6/3 A silver-backed butcher-bird from Lancefield. 1893 Parl. Deb. (New S. Wales) No. 41. 6485/2 I look upon the butcher-bird as the most objectionable bird in the country. 1910 A. H. Davis Our Select. xvi. 148 All the sky was blue and the butcher-birds whistling strong. 1990 Sunday Tasmanian (Nexis) 18 Mar. A butcher bird may catch as many as 200 grubs and insects per day. 2006 New Scientist 27 May 93/4 In Victoria, the culprit is likely to have been a grey butcher-bird (Cracticus torquatus). †3. Canadian. The grey jay, Perisoreus canadensis. Obsolete. rare.Cf. meat-bird n. at meat n. Compounds 2. ΚΠ a1857 D. Thompson Narr. Explor. W. Amer. 1784–1812 (1916) 48 At all seasons the Butcher bird is with us, and called Whiskyjack... He lives by plunder, and on berries, and what he cannot eat he hides. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1666
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