Associations to the word «Butcherbird»
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Wiktionary
BUTCHERBIRD, noun. (South Africa) The fiscal shrike, Lanius collaris
BUTCHERBIRD, noun. Any of the magpie-like birds in the genus Cracticus
Dictionary definition
BUTCHERBIRD, noun. Shrikes that impale their prey on thorns.
BUTCHERBIRD, noun. Large carnivorous Australian bird with the shrike-like habit of impaling prey on thorns.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.