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red-backed shrikes

red-backed shrikes is the plural of red-backed shrike.

Meaning of red-backed shrike

Noun

red-backed shrike (plural red-backed shrikes)

  1. A medium-sized bird (Lanius collurio) of the shrike family that breeds in most of Europe and western Asia and winters in tropical Africa, eating large insects, small birds, voles, and lizards.
    Synonyms:
    pope

Questions about red-backed shrikes

What is red-backed shrikes the plural of?
Red-backed shrikes is the plural of red-backed shrike.

Words near red-backed shrikes in the dictionary

  1. red-backed hawk
  2. red-backed hawks
  3. red-backed sea eagle
  4. red-backed sea eagles
  5. red-backed shrike
  6. red-backed shrikes
  7. red-backs
  8. red-bait
  9. red-baited
  10. red-baiter
  11. red-baiters

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