"butcherbird" meaning in English

See butcherbird in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: butcherbirds [plural]
Etymology: From butcher + bird, from its habit of hanging its prey. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|butcher|bird}} butcher + bird Head templates: {{en-noun}} butcherbird (plural butcherbirds)
  1. Any of the magpie-like birds in the genus Cracticus, family Artamidae, of Australia and New Guinea. Categories (lifeform): Malaconotoid birds, Shrikes Translations (Cracticus): huiluvaris (Finnish), cassican [masculine] (French), bujabed (Kriol), murrakupupunga (Tiwi), lopolopo (Warray), inxanxadi [class-10, class-9] (Xhosa)
    Sense id: en-butcherbird-en-noun-9DYwxI76 Disambiguation of Malaconotoid birds: 53 27 21 Disambiguation of Shrikes: 45 33 22 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Australian Kriol translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Tiwi translations, Terms with Warray translations, Terms with Xhosa translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 40 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 33 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 42 32 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Australian Kriol translations: 48 30 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 39 36 26 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 41 30 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 41 39 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Tiwi translations: 44 35 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Warray translations: 43 30 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Xhosa translations: 40 37 24 Disambiguation of 'Cracticus': 65 21 13
  2. (US) Any of the shrikes in the genus Lanius. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-butcherbird-en-noun-nUOLtu2M Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Xhosa translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 40 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 39 36 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 41 39 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Xhosa translations: 40 37 24
  3. (South Africa) The fiscal shrike, Lanius collaris. Tags: South-Africa Translations (fiscal shrike): 领伯劳 (Chinese Mandarin)
    Sense id: en-butcherbird-en-noun-xxnm6R7v Categories (other): South African English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Xhosa translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 40 26 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 30 27 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 39 36 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 41 39 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Xhosa translations: 40 37 24 Disambiguation of 'fiscal shrike': 3 14 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Jacky Hanger, Jacky Hangman, red-backed shrike Derived forms: black butcherbird

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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