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butcherbird
 
Noun butcherbird has 2 senses
  1. butcherbird - shrikes that impale their prey on thorns
    --1 is a kind of     shrike
    --1 is a member of Lanius, genus Lanius
    --1 has particulars:
     European shrike, Lanius excubitor; northern shrike, Lanius borealis; white-rumped shrike, Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides
  2. butcherbird - large carnivorous Australian bird with the shrike-like habit of impaling prey on thorns
    --2 is a kind of     Australian magpie
    --2 is a member of Cracticus, genus Cracticus
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