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white-rumped shrike

white-rumped shrike noun: the northern white-crowned shrike (Eurocephalus ruppelli).

Noun

white-rumped shrike (plural white-rumped shrikes)

  1. The northern white-crowned shrike (Eurocephalus ruppelli)
  2. (obsolete) The prairie loggerhead shrike (Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides)
    • A true native of the mesquite wilderness this, sharing his thorny home with a few Western Mockers and a great many White-rumped Shrikes.1905, William Beebe, Two Bird-Lovers In Mexico, page 94

Forms of white-rumped shrike

pluralwhite-rumped shrikes

Questions about white-rumped shrike

What does white-rumped shrike mean?
White-rumped shrike means the northern white-crowned shrike (Eurocephalus ruppelli).
What part of speech is white-rumped shrike?
White-rumped shrike is a noun.
What is the plural of white-rumped shrike?
The plural of white-rumped shrike is white-rumped shrikes.

Words near white-rumped shrike in the dictionary

  1. white-pots
  2. white-rumped hawk
  3. white-rumped hawks
  4. white-rumped sandpiper
  5. white-rumped sandpipers
  6. white-rumped shrike
  7. white-rumped shrikes
  8. white-shirt
  9. white-shirts
  10. white-shoe
  11. white-shoe firm

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