NORTHERN SHRIKE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does northern shrike mean? 

• NORTHERN SHRIKE (noun)
  The noun NORTHERN SHRIKE has 1 sense:

1. a butcherbird of northern North America

  Familiarity information: NORTHERN SHRIKE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NORTHERN SHRIKE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A butcherbird of northern North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Lanius borealis; northern shrike

Hypernyms ("northern shrike" is a kind of...):

butcherbird (shrikes that impale their prey on thorns)