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EUROPEAN SHRIKE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does European shrike mean?
• EUROPEAN SHRIKE (noun)
The noun EUROPEAN SHRIKE has 1 sense:
1. a common European butcherbird
Familiarity information: EUROPEAN SHRIKE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A common European butcherbird
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
European shrike; Lanius excubitor
Hypernyms ("European shrike" is a kind of...):
butcherbird (shrikes that impale their prey on thorns)
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