SHRIKE


Meaning of SHRIKE in English

/ ʃraɪk; NAmE / noun

a bird with a strong beak, that catches small birds and insects and sticks them on thorns

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 16th cent.: perhaps related to Old English scrīc thrush and Middle Low German schrīk corncrake, of imitative origin.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.