shrike

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This word is in the TWL06 Dictionary 13
This word is in the SOWPODS Dictionary 13

Shrike(v. i.) Any one of numerous species of oscinine birds of the family Laniidae, having a strong hooked bill, toothed at the tip. Most shrikes are insectivorous, but the common European gray shrike (Lanius excubitor), the great northern shrike (L. borealis), and several others, kill mice, small birds, etc., and often impale them on thorns, and are, on that account called also butcher birds. See under Butcher.

Words within shrike

6 letter words: 4 results
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shriek
5 letter words: 17 results
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4 letter words: 42 results
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