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butcherbird

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11 lettersPart of speech nounSorted bbcdehirrtuStarts with BEnds with D0 clues
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Definitions

  1. large carnivorous Australian bird with the shrike-like habit of impaling prey on thorns

Word origin

From butcher + bird, from its habit of hanging its prey.

Used in a sentence

  • A butcher bird has stirred, tuned its flute with a few preparatory notes.
  • A short way off, two male butcher birds, black and white like magpies, were calling antiphonally across a ravine.

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