shrike
IPA: ʃrˈaɪk
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.
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Examples of "shrike" in Sentences
- Its members are known as the shrike thrushes.
- Does the USN still even deploy with Shrike...
- He placed it along with the shrikes under Lanius.
- Shrikes are passerine birds of the family Laniidae.
- A shrike is a passerine bird of the family Laniidae.
- Church of the Final Atonement The Shrike Worshipping Cult.
- During the 1970s and most of the 1980s the mascot was the Shrike.
- Before he can hurl himself over the precipice, the Shrike appears.
- Invaded by the Shrike and later on destroyed by the Confederation.
- This nocturnal insectivore hunts from a perch like a shrike or flycatcher.
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