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ANT SHRIKE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ant shrike mean?
• ANT SHRIKE (noun)
The noun ANT SHRIKE has 1 sense:
1. antbirds superficially resembling shrikes
Familiarity information: ANT SHRIKE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Antbirds superficially resembling shrikes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("ant shrike" is a kind of...):
ant bird; antbird (any of various dull-colored South American birds that feeding on ants some following army ant swarms)
Holonyms ("ant shrike" is a member of...):
genus Thamnophilus; Thamnophilus (a genus of Formicariidae)
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