shrike
Kelime Anlamı :

1. Lanius masked shrike maskeli örümcekkuşu.
2. Lanius senatör.
3. cırlayık.
4. örümcekkuşu.
5. Lanius collurio.
6. Lanius nubicus redbacked shrike kırmızı sırtlı örümcekkuşu.
7. (isim) örümcekkuşu.
8. Radar vericilerini imha ve home için yapılmış havadan atılan anti-radyasyon füzesi. AGM-45 olarak adlandırılır.
9. woodchat shrike kızıl başlı örümcekkuşu.
10. örümcekkuş.
Tanımlar :
1. any of various carnivorous oscine birds of the family Laniidae, having a screeching call and a strong hooked bill with a toothlike projection and often impaling its prey on sharp-pointed thorns or barbs of wire fencing.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1. any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae which are known for their habit of catching other birds and small animals and impaling the uneaten portions of their bodies on thorns.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1. any one of numerous species of oscinine birds of the family Laniidæ, having a strong hooked bill, toothed at the tip. most shrikes are insectivorous, but the common european gray shrike (lanius excubitor), the great northern shrike (L. borealis), and several others, kill mice, small birds, etc., and often impale them on thorns, and are, on that account called also butcher birds. see under butcher.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1. an obsolete form of shriek.
2. A dentirostral oscine passerine bird of the family Laniidæ, having a notably strong hooked and toothed bill, and of actively predaceous nature; a butcher-bird; a nine-killer; a wood-chat.
3. one of many different birds that resemble shrikes, or were held to belong to the genus lanius.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
1. any of numerous old world birds having a strong hooked bill that feed on smaller animals
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.