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shrike Definition


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shrike
noun
    1. Any of various small perching birds with a powerful slightly hooked beak, which feed on insects, small birds and rodents, often impaling their prey on thorns, twigs or barbed wire.
Etymology: Anglo-Saxon scric.



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