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Word entry · 6 letters

shrike

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"Hook-billed bird"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ʃɹaɪk/Part of speech nounSorted ehikrsStarts with SEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. any of numerous Old World birds having a strong hooked bill that feed on smaller animals

Word origin

From Middle English *schrike, *schryke, from Old English sċrīc (“shrike, thrush”), from the same root as shriek and screech, named after the bird's cry. Compare Icelandic skríkja (“shrieker, shrike”), Swedish skrika (“jay”).

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