"shrike" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ʃɹaɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-shrike.wav [Southern-England] Forms: shrikes [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪk Etymology: From Middle English *schrike, *schryke, from Old English sċrīc (“shrike, thrush”), from the same root as shriek and screech, named after the bird's cry. Compare Icelandic skríkja (“shrieker, shrike”), Swedish skrika (“jay”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*schrike}} Middle English *schrike, {{m|enm|*schryke}} *schryke, {{inh|en|ang|sċrīc|t=shrike, thrush}} Old English sċrīc (“shrike, thrush”), {{m|en|shriek}} shriek, {{m|en|screech}} screech, {{cog|is|skríkja|t=shrieker, shrike}} Icelandic skríkja (“shrieker, shrike”), {{cog|sv|skrika|t=jay}} Swedish skrika (“jay”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} shrike (plural shrikes)
  1. Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae which are known for their habit of catching other birds and small animals and impaling the uneaten portions of their bodies on thorns. Wikipedia link: shrike Categories (lifeform): Shrikes Synonyms: butcherbird Translations (Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae): বাঘ চৰাই (bagh sorai) (Assamese), এৰাখাতী (erakhati) (Assamese), picanzu (Asturian), antzandobi (Basque), pig-spern (Breton), сврака (svraka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), сорокопуд (sorokopud) (Carpathian Rusyn), capsigrany [masculine] (Catalan), capsot [masculine] (Catalan), botxí [masculine] (Catalan), escorxador [masculine] (Catalan), trenca [feminine] (Catalan), 伯劳 (bóláo) (Chinese Mandarin), ťuhýk [masculine] (Czech), tornskade (Danish), klauwier [masculine] (Dutch), klapekster [masculine] (Dutch), lanio (Esperanto), õgija (Estonian), tyrningur (Faroese), lepinkäinen (Finnish), pie-grièche [feminine] (French), picanzo (Galician), Würger [masculine] (German), gébics (Hungarian), gábos (Hungarian), sríoc [feminine] (Irish), scréachán (Irish), averla (Italian), モズ (mozu) (Japanese), тағанақ (tağanaq) (Kazakh), 때까치 (ttaekkachi) (Korean), къаргъанат (qarğanat) (Kumyk), борбаштар (borbaştar) (Kyrgyz), čakste (Latvian), (Literary Chinese), medšarkė (Lithuanian), tirjup (Malay), zahalániitsoh (Navajo), wirger (North Frisian), kêzxwer (Northern Kurdish), kêzxur (Northern Kurdish), kêzxwar (Northern Kurdish), kîrkok (Northern Kurdish), skirrit (Northern Sami), varsler (Norwegian), اورمجك قوشی (örümcek kuşu) (Ottoman Turkish), ورکاک (varkâk) (Persian), ستوجه (setuje) (Persian), agache-écreuhèle (Picard), dzierzba (Polish), srokosz (Polish), picanço [masculine] (Portuguese), ਲਟੋਰਾ (laṭorā) [masculine] (Punjabi), sfrâncioc (Romanian), сорокопу́т (sorokopút) [masculine] (Russian), फिङ्गक (phiṅgaka) [masculine] (Sanskrit), shrike (Scots), svračak [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), srakoper (Slovene), alcaudón [masculine] (Spanish), verdugo [masculine] (Spanish), mbwigu (Swahili), törnskata [common-gender] (Swedish), örümcek kuşu (Turkish), сорокопуд (sorokopud) (Ukrainian), qarqunoq (Uzbek), bách thanh (Vietnamese), cigydd [masculine] (Welsh), кэргэннэрэ (kergennere) (Yakut)

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          "word": "drongo shrike"
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          "word": "great grey shrike"
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          "word": "great northern shrike"
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          "word": "isabelline shrike"
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          "word": "lesser grey shrike"
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          "word": "loggerhead shrike"
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          "word": "long-tailed shrike"
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          "word": "magpie shrike"
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          "word": "masked shrike"
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          "word": "mountain shrike"
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          "word": "northern shrike"
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          "word": "piping shrike"
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          "word": "red-backed shrike"
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          "word": "red-tailed shrike"
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        {
          "word": "shrike-tanager"
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          "word": "shrike thrush"
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        {
          "word": "shrike tit"
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        {
          "word": "shrike-vireo"
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        {
          "word": "swallow shrike"
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          "word": "toddy shrike"
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          "word": "white-tailed shrike"
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          "word": "woodchat shrike"
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          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
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          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
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          "code": "cs",
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          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
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          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
          "word": "tornskade"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
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        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
          "word": "õgija"
        },
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          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
          "word": "tyrningur"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
          "word": "lepinkäinen"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "pie-grièche"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
          "word": "picanzo"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
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          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
          "word": "gébics"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
          "word": "gábos"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "sríoc"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
          "word": "scréachán"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
          "word": "averla"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "mozu",
          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
          "word": "モズ"
        },
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          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "tağanaq",
          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
          "word": "тағанақ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "ttaekkachi",
          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
          "word": "때까치"
        },
        {
          "code": "kum",
          "lang": "Kumyk",
          "roman": "qarğanat",
          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
          "word": "къаргъанат"
        },
        {
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
          "word": "kêzxwer"
        },
        {
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
          "word": "kêzxur"
        },
        {
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
          "word": "kêzxwar"
        },
        {
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
          "word": "kîrkok"
        },
        {
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "borbaştar",
          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
          "word": "борбаштар"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
          "word": "čakste"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
          "word": "medšarkė"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
          "word": "tirjup"
        },
        {
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
          "word": "zahalániitsoh"
        },
        {
          "code": "frr",
          "lang": "North Frisian",
          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
          "word": "wirger"
        },
        {
          "code": "se",
          "lang": "Northern Sami",
          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
          "word": "skirrit"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
          "word": "varsler"
        },
        {
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "örümcek kuşu",
          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
          "word": "اورمجك قوشی"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "varkâk",
          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
          "word": "ورکاک"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "setuje",
          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
          "word": "ستوجه"
        },
        {
          "code": "pcd",
          "lang": "Picard",
          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
          "word": "agache-écreuhèle"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
          "word": "dzierzba"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
          "word": "srokosz"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "picanço"
        },
        {
          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "roman": "laṭorā",
          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ਲਟੋਰਾ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
          "word": "sfrâncioc"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sorokopút",
          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "сорокопу́т"
        },
        {
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "phiṅgaka",
          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "फिङ्गक"
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          "code": "sco",
          "lang": "Scots",
          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
          "word": "shrike"
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "svračak"
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          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
          "word": "srakoper"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "alcaudón"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "verdugo"
        },
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          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
          "word": "mbwigu"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
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          "word": "törnskata"
        },
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
          "word": "örümcek kuşu"
        },
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "sorokopud",
          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
          "word": "сорокопуд"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
          "word": "qarqunoq"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
          "word": "bách thanh"
        },
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          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "cigydd"
        },
        {
          "code": "sah",
          "lang": "Yakut",
          "roman": "kergennere",
          "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
          "word": "кэргэннэрэ"
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
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  ],
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}
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "African long-tailed shrike"
    },
    {
      "word": "brown shrike"
    },
    {
      "word": "bush shrike"
    },
    {
      "word": "crow shrike"
    },
    {
      "word": "cuckoo shrike"
    },
    {
      "word": "drongo shrike"
    },
    {
      "word": "great grey shrike"
    },
    {
      "word": "great northern shrike"
    },
    {
      "word": "isabelline shrike"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesser grey shrike"
    },
    {
      "word": "loggerhead shrike"
    },
    {
      "word": "long-tailed shrike"
    },
    {
      "word": "magpie shrike"
    },
    {
      "word": "masked shrike"
    },
    {
      "word": "mountain shrike"
    },
    {
      "word": "northern shrike"
    },
    {
      "word": "piping shrike"
    },
    {
      "word": "red-backed shrike"
    },
    {
      "word": "red-tailed shrike"
    },
    {
      "word": "shrike-tanager"
    },
    {
      "word": "shrike thrush"
    },
    {
      "word": "shrike tit"
    },
    {
      "word": "shrike-vireo"
    },
    {
      "word": "swallow shrike"
    },
    {
      "word": "toddy shrike"
    },
    {
      "word": "white-tailed shrike"
    },
    {
      "word": "woodchat shrike"
    }
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      },
      "expansion": "Middle English *schrike",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "*schryke"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "ang",
        "3": "sċrīc",
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "shriek"
      },
      "expansion": "shriek",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "screech"
      },
      "expansion": "screech",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "skríkja",
        "t": "shrieker, shrike"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic skríkja (“shrieker, shrike”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "skrika",
        "t": "jay"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish skrika (“jay”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English *schrike, *schryke, from Old English sċrīc (“shrike, thrush”), from the same root as shriek and screech, named after the bird's cry. Compare Icelandic skríkja (“shrieker, shrike”), Swedish skrika (“jay”).",
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    {
      "form": "shrikes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
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    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms derived from Middle English",
        "English terms derived from Old English",
        "English terms inherited from Middle English",
        "English terms inherited from Old English",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa",
        "Kumyk terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Rhymes:English/aɪk",
        "Rhymes:English/aɪk/1 syllable",
        "en:Shrikes"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae which are known for their habit of catching other birds and small animals and impaling the uneaten portions of their bodies on thorns."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "passerine",
          "passerine"
        ],
        [
          "bird",
          "bird"
        ],
        [
          "Laniidae",
          "Laniidae#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "shrike"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃɹaɪk/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪk"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-shrike.wav",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "butcherbird"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "bagh sorai",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "word": "বাঘ চৰাই"
    },
    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "erakhati",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "word": "এৰাখাতী"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "word": "picanzu"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "word": "antzandobi"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "word": "pig-spern"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "svraka",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сврака"
    },
    {
      "code": "rue",
      "lang": "Carpathian Rusyn",
      "roman": "sorokopud",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "word": "сорокопуд"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "capsigrany"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "capsot"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "botxí"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "escorxador"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trenca"
    },
    {
      "code": "lzh",
      "lang": "Literary Chinese",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "word": "鴃"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bóláo",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "word": "伯劳"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ťuhýk"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "word": "tornskade"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "klauwier"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "klapekster"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "word": "lanio"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "word": "õgija"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "word": "tyrningur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "word": "lepinkäinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pie-grièche"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "word": "picanzo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Würger"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "word": "gébics"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "word": "gábos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sríoc"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "word": "scréachán"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "word": "averla"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mozu",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "word": "モズ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "tağanaq",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "word": "тағанақ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ttaekkachi",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "word": "때까치"
    },
    {
      "code": "kum",
      "lang": "Kumyk",
      "roman": "qarğanat",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "word": "къаргъанат"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "word": "kêzxwer"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "word": "kêzxur"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "word": "kêzxwar"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "word": "kîrkok"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "borbaştar",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "word": "борбаштар"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "word": "čakste"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "word": "medšarkė"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "word": "tirjup"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "word": "zahalániitsoh"
    },
    {
      "code": "frr",
      "lang": "North Frisian",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "word": "wirger"
    },
    {
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "word": "skirrit"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "word": "varsler"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "örümcek kuşu",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "word": "اورمجك قوشی"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "varkâk",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "word": "ورکاک"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "setuje",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "word": "ستوجه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pcd",
      "lang": "Picard",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "word": "agache-écreuhèle"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "word": "dzierzba"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "word": "srokosz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "picanço"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "laṭorā",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ਲਟੋਰਾ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "word": "sfrâncioc"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sorokopút",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сорокопу́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "phiṅgaka",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "फिङ्गक"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "word": "shrike"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "svračak"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "word": "srakoper"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alcaudón"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "verdugo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "word": "mbwigu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "törnskata"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "word": "örümcek kuşu"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sorokopud",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "word": "сорокопуд"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "word": "qarqunoq"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "word": "bách thanh"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cigydd"
    },
    {
      "code": "sah",
      "lang": "Yakut",
      "roman": "kergennere",
      "sense": "Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae",
      "word": "кэргэннэрэ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "shrike"
}

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