butcher bird

n.	1.	(Zool.) any species of shrike of the genus Lanius, so called because they impale their prey on thorns.
	2.	(Zool.) large carnivorous Australian bird with the shrikelike habit of impaling prey on thorns.

butcher bird

butcher bird:

see shrikeshrike
or butcher bird,
predatory songbird found in most parts of the world except Australia and South America. The plumage of the European and North American species is mostly gray, black, and white; the tail is long and rounded, and the wings are rather short.
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