BUTCHERBIRD


Meaning of BUTCHERBIRD in English

/booch"euhr berrd'/ , n.

1. any of various shrikes of the genus Lanius, which impale their prey upon thorns.

2. any of several large, carnivorous birds of the genus Cracticus, of Australia and New Guinea, having shrikelike habits.

[ 1660-70; BUTCHER + BIRD ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .