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butcher bird, n.
- any species of shrike of the genus
Lanius , so called because they impale their prey on thorns. [1913 Webster] - large carnivorous Australian bird with the shrikelike habit of impaling prey on thorns. [WordNet 1.5]" The
Lanius excubitor is the common butcher bird of Europe. In England, the bearded tit is sometimes called thelesser butcher bird . The American species areLanius borealis , ornorthern butcher bird , andLanius Ludovicianus orloggerhead shrike . The namebutcher bird is derived from its habit of suspending its prey impaled upon thorns, after killing it." [1913 Webster]