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butcherbirds

butcherbirds is the plural 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.

Phrases with butcherbirds

Questions about butcherbirds

What is butcherbirds the plural of?
Butcherbirds is the plural of butcherbird.

Words near butcherbirds in the dictionary

  1. butcher's steak
  2. butcher's stripes
  3. butcher's thumb
  4. butcher's wart
  5. butcherbird
  6. butcherbirds
  7. butcherblock
  8. butcherblocks
  9. butcherdom
  10. butchered
  11. butcherer

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