european shrike

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   a common European butcherbird

   SynonymsLanius excubitor

   Broaderbutcherbird

Questions about european shrike

What does european shrike mean?

european shrike means "a common European butcherbird".

What is another word for european shrike?

Close synonyms include Lanius excubitor. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is european shrike a common word?

european shrike is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.