Shrike that impales its prey on thorns

• Large carnivorous Australian bird with the shrike-like habit of impaling prey on thorns
• Shrikes that impale their prey on thorns

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Butcherbirds are magpie-like birds native to Australasia. Butcherbird may also refer to: Butcherbird, a common name for species of shrikes that are known for their "larder" habit of impaling captured prey on thorns, which the unrelated Australian birds ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context South Africa English) The (vern: fiscal shrike), (taxlink Lanius collaris species noshow=1) 2 any of the magpie-like birds in the genus ''Cracticus''

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. shrikes that impale their prey on thorns large carnivorous Australian bird with the shrike-like habit of impaling prey on thorns

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
butcher bird \butcher bird\, butcher-bird \butcher-bird\, butcherbird \butcherbird\n. (Zo["o]l.) any species of shrike of the genus Lanius , so called because they impale their prey on thorns. (Zo["o]l.) large carnivorous Australian bird with the shrikelike ...