white-rumped shrike

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   a butcherbird of western North America; grey with white underparts

   SynonymsLanius ludovicianus excubitorides

   Broaderbutcherbird

Questions about white-rumped shrike

What does white-rumped shrike mean?

white-rumped shrike means "a butcherbird of western North America; grey with white underparts".

What is another word for white-rumped shrike?

Close synonyms include Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides. 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 white-rumped shrike a common word?

white-rumped 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.