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shrike::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | oscine bird, oscine |
| Has types | lanius lucovicianus, bush shrike, loggerhead shrike, migrant shrike, lanius ludovicianus migrans, butcherbird |
Examples of shrike
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A hungry shrike will go after almost anything up to its own size or even larger.
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There are two resident shrike species in North America, and both turn up in Ohio.
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The loggerhead shrike is a Southerner and once bred throughout much of the state.
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My last column, you might recall, featured a fine photo of a Northern shrike.
From the dailyherald.com
What the shrike cannot eat in one sitting, it leaves, returning later to feast again.
From the heraldtribune.com
Northern shrike is a winter visitor to this area and always a great find.
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They have short legs and sit very upright whilst perched, like a shrike.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The shrike scans for victims from a lofty perch, and when prey is spotted, it dashes forth.
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The shrike, a native songbird, has a distinctive dining habit.
From the heraldtribune.com
- Any of numerous Old World birds having a strong hooked bill that feed on smaller animals
- Shrikes are passerine birds of the family Laniidae. The family is composed of thirty one species in three genera. The family name, and that of the largest genus, Lanius, is derived from the Latin word for "butcher", and some shrikes were also known as "butcher birds" because of their feeding habits.
- Shrike is the name of multiple fictional characters appearing in publications from DC Comics.
- The Hyperion Cantos is a series of science fiction novels by Dan Simmons. Set in the far future, and focusing more on plot and story development than technical detail, it falls into the soft science fiction category, and could be described as space opera. ...
- Shrike (or Grike in the North American editions) is a recurring character in Philip Reeve's Mortal Engines Quartet. He appears in all the books except Predator's Gold.
- Shrike is a racing car developed in Australia by the Croydon Park Institute of TAFE in 1988 and 1989. It was developed for the then new Formula Holden category which mandated an aluminium tub monocoque, powered by a Buick sourced 3. ...
- The Shrike is a character from Dan Simmons' Hyperion universe, set far in humanity's future.
- The Shrike is a play written by American dramatist Joseph Kramm. It debuted on Broadway at the Cort Theater, on January 15, 1952, with Jose Ferrer as the producer, director and star. Kramm received the 1952 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the work.
- Designation for the AGM-45 Air-to-Ground MISSILE.
