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WHITE-RUMPED SHRIKE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does white-rumped shrike mean?
• WHITE-RUMPED SHRIKE (noun)
The noun WHITE-RUMPED SHRIKE has 1 sense:
1. a butcherbird of western North America; grey with white underparts
Familiarity information: WHITE-RUMPED SHRIKE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A butcherbird of western North America; grey with white underparts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides; white-rumped shrike
Hypernyms ("white-rumped shrike" is a kind of...):
butcherbird (shrikes that impale their prey on thorns)
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