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n. - Large carnivorous Australian bird with the shrike-like habit of impaling prey on thorns; Shrikes that impale their prey on thorns.

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  • I have a friend, a pied butcherbird, who cannot sing.
  • Beehler also stated that the forests from Mt. Riu eastward are very important to the survival of the Tagula honeyeater and the Tagula butcherbird.
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  • The determination and fierce resolution of the shrike, or butcherbird, despite his small size, is most marked.
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