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butcherbird Synonyms

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• noun (Context 1)

A colloquial name for a shrike, a predatory songbird of the family Laniidae found widely across North America and Eurasia, which exhibits a similar habit of impaling insects and small vertebrates on thorns or barbed wire.

Usage Example

"The farmer noticed the loggerhead shrike, often called a shrike locally, had left a grasshopper impaled on the fence wire."

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shrike

• Nearby Words

bushtit
bust
bustard
butcherbird
butter
butter and eggs
butter bean

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Wordmom. (2026). Synonyms for Butcherbird. In Wordmom Thesaurus. Retrieved Oct 14, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/synonyms/butcherbird
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