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butcher bird

butcher bird is the alternative spelling of butcherbird.

Meaning of butcherbird

Noun

butcherbird (plural butcherbirds)

  1. Any of the magpie-like birds in the genus Cracticus, of Australia and New Guinea.
    • A butcher bird has stirred, tuned its flute with a few preparatory notes.1934, Henry G. Lamond, An Aviary On The Plains, page 47
  2. Any of the shrikes in the genus Lanius.
    1. (South Africa) The fiscal shrike, Lanius collaris.

Forms of butcher bird

pluralbutcher birds

Questions about butcher bird

What is butcher bird the alternative spelling of?
Butcher bird is the alternative spelling of butcherbird.

Words near butcher bird in the dictionary

  1. Butchart
  2. butchas
  3. butched
  4. butched up
  5. butcher
  6. butcher bird
  7. butcher birds
  8. butcher block
  9. butcher blocks
  10. butcher blue
  11. butcher boy

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