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nounlarge carnivorous Australian bird with the shrike-like habit of impaling prey on thornstype of:
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nounshrikes that impale their prey on thornstype of:
Definition that contains butcherbird
- european shrike a common European butcherbird
- lanius ludovicianus excubitorides a butcherbird of western North America; grey with white underparts
- genus cracticus type genus of the Cracticidae: Australian butcherbirds
- northern shrike a butcherbird of northern North America
- lanius borealis a butcherbird of northern North America
- white-rumped shrike a butcherbird of western North America; grey with white underparts
- cracticus type genus of the Cracticidae: Australian butcherbirds
- lanius excubitor a common European butcherbird