cuckooshrike

Meaning

Noun

  • A bird of any of the species in the family Campephagidae.

Related

Narrower meaning words

  • true cuckooshrike (Campephaga, Coracina, Lobotos, Pteropodocys (genus), and Campochaera), the trillers (Lalage), the minivets (Pericrocotus), the flycatcher-shrike (Hemipus)

Origin

  • cuckoo + shrike

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