butcherbird

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Noun butcherbird has 2 senses

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
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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