English noun: butcherbird | |||
1. | butcherbird (animal) shrikes that impale their prey on thorns | ||
Broader (hypernym) | shrike | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | European shrike, Lanius borealis, Lanius excubitor, Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides, northern shrike, white-rumped shrike | ||
Member meronym | genus Lanius, Lanius | ||
2. | butcherbird (animal) large carnivorous Australian bird with the shrike-like habit of impaling prey on thorns | ||
Broader (hypernym) | Australian magpie | ||
Member meronym | Cracticus, genus Cracticus | ||