butcherbird

Meaning

Noun

Any of the magpie-like birds in the genus Cracticus, family Artamidae, of Australia and New Guinea.
Any of the shrikes in the genus Lanius.
The fiscal shrike, Lanius collaris (species).

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Origin

butcher + bird, from its habit of hanging its prey.

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