Usually means: Predatory bird; impales prey sharply.
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  1. shrike: Merriam-Webster
  2. shrike: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. shrike: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. shrike: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. Shrike, shrike: Wordnik
  7. shrike: Wiktionary
  8. shrike: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. shrike: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. shrike: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. shrike: Dictionary.com
  12. shrike: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Shrike (comics), Shrike (disambiguation), Shrike (identity), Shrike, The Shrike (film), The Shrike (play), The Shrike: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Shrike: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. shrike: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. shrike: Rhymezone
  17. Shrike: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. shrike: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. shrike: FreeDictionary.org
  20. shrike: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. shrike: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Shrike: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (shrike)

▸ noun:  Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae which are known for their habit of catching other birds and small animals and impaling the uneaten portions of their bodies on thorns.

Similar:
antshrike, shrike-tanager, brown shrike, laniid, masked shrike, woodchat shrike, shrikebill, long-tailed shrike, butcherbird, red-backed shrike, more...

Opposite:
dove, sparrow, finch, thrush, warbler

Types:
northern shrike, southern shrike, red-backed shrike, more...

Phrases:
loggerhead shrike, northern shrike, bush shrike, woodchat shrike, fiscal shrike, more...

Adjectives:
backed, loggerhead, great, northern, grey, cuckoo, tailed, gray, rumped, breasted, headed

Colors:
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Similar:
antshrike, shrike-tanager, brown shrike, laniid, masked shrike, woodchat shrike, shrikebill, long-tailed shrike, butcherbird, red-backed shrike, more...

Opposite:
dove, sparrow, finch, thrush, warbler

Types:
northern shrike, southern shrike, red-backed shrike, more...

Phrases:
loggerhead shrike, northern shrike, bush shrike, woodchat shrike, fiscal shrike, cuckoo shrike, brown shrike, migrant shrike, masked shrike, ant shrike, helmet shrike, swallow shrike, white-rumped shrike, more...

Adjectives:
backed, loggerhead, great, northern, grey, cuckoo, tailed, gray, rumped, breasted, headed

Colors:
    gray,     black,     white,     brown,     silver, more...



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