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WHITE-RUMPED SHRIKE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does white-rumped shrike mean? 

WHITE-RUMPED SHRIKE (noun)
  The noun WHITE-RUMPED SHRIKE has 1 sense:

1. a butcherbird of western North America; grey with white underpartsplay

  Familiarity information: WHITE-RUMPED SHRIKE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WHITE-RUMPED SHRIKE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A butcherbird of western North America; grey with white underparts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides; white-rumped shrike

Hypernyms ("white-rumped shrike" is a kind of...):

butcherbird (shrikes that impale their prey on thorns)


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