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What (who) is butcher-bird - definition

AUSTRALASIAN SONGBIRD
Butcher-bird; Butcher bird; Butcherbirds; Butcher birds

butcher-bird         
¦ noun
1. a shrike, so called from its habit of impaling prey on thorns.
2. a crow-like predacious Australasian songbird, with a heavy hook-tipped bill. [Genus Cracticus: several species.]
Butcherbird         
Butcherbirds are songbirds closely related to the Australian magpie. Most are found in the genus Cracticus, but the black butcherbird is placed in the monotypic genus Melloria.
B1 Butcher         
UNIDENTIFIED SERIAL KILLER IN NAMIBIA
B1-Butcher
The B1 Butcher is an unknown serial killer in Namibia. The B1 Butcher murdered at least five women between 2005 and 2007, with all murders related to the National Road B1.

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Butcherbird

Butcherbirds are songbirds closely related to the Australian magpie. Most are found in the genus Cracticus, but the black butcherbird is placed in the monotypic genus Melloria. They are native to Australasia.

Examples of use of butcher-bird
1. The red–backed shrike, known to generations of schoolboy egg–collectors as the "butcher bird" because of its grisly habit of impaling its prey on thorn bushes, finally disappeared as a British breeding species during the 1''0s.