Bird also called a butcherbird Crossword Clue
While searching our database we found 1 possible solution for the: Bird also called a butcherbird crossword clue. This crossword clue was last seen on February 11 2023 Wall Street Journal Crossword puzzle. The solution we have for Bird also called a butcherbird has a total of 6 letters.
| Rank | Answer | Clue | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 99% | SHRIKE | Bird also called a butcherbird | Wall Street Journal |
Definition
| • | Any one of numerous species of oscinine birds of the family Laniidae, having a strong hooked bill, toothed at the tip. Most shrikes are insectivorous, but the common European gray shrike (Lanius excubitor), the great northern shrike (L. borealis), and several others, kill mice, small birds, etc., and often impale them on thorns, and are, on that account called also butcher birds. See under Butcher. |
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