butcherbird
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
butcher + bird, from its habit of hanging its prey.
Noun [edit]
butcherbird (plural butcherbirds)
- (South Africa) The fiscal shrike, Lanius collaris
- any of the magpie-like birds in the genus Cracticus
Synonyms [edit]
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