单词 | butcherbird |
释义 | butcherbird[ booch-er-burd ] / ˈbʊtʃ ərˌbɜrd / nounany of various shrikes of the genus Lanius, which impale their prey upon thorns. any of several large, carnivorous birds of the genus Cracticus, of Australia and New Guinea, having shrikelike habits. Origin of butcherbirdFirst recorded in 1660–70; butcher + bird Words nearby butcherbirdbutanol, butanone, Butazolidin, butch, butcher, butcherbird, butcher block, butcher knife, butcher linen, butcherly, butcher paper Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for butcherbird
British Dictionary definitions for butcherbirdbutcherbird / (ˈbʊtʃəˌbɜːd) / nouna shrike, esp one of the genus Lanius any of several Australian magpies of the genus Cracticus that impale their prey on thorns Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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