ALL meanings of butcherbird
butch·er·bird
B b - noun butcherbird a shrike, esp one of the genus Lanius 3
- noun butcherbird any of several Australian magpies of the genus Cracticus that impale their prey on thorns 3
- noun butcherbird any of various shrikes which, after killing prey, impale it on thorns 3
- noun butcherbird any of various shrikes of the genus Lanius, which impale their prey upon thorns. 1
- noun butcherbird any of several large, carnivorous birds of the genus Cracticus, of Australia and New Guinea, having shrikelike habits. 1
- noun butcherbird (South Africa) The fiscal shrike, Lanius collaris. 0
- noun butcherbird any of the magpie-like birds in the genus Cracticus. 0