shrike
Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae which are known for their habit…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.
» The shrike can't harm us anymore.
Der Würger kann uns nicht mehr schaden.
Meaning
1 sensesAny 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.
Würger
сорокопу́тsorokopút
сорокопудsorokopud
- any of numerous Old World birds having a strong hooked bill that feed on smaller animals
Examples
3 sentencesThe shrike can't harm us anymore.
deDer Würger kann uns nicht mehr schaden. — BraveSentry
Which is your favorite shrike?
deWelcher ist dein Lieblingswürger? — BraveSentry
It was a walk up a long, lonely road to a solitary thorn-tree, where I was studying a shrike's nest.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English *schrike, *schryke, from Old English sċrīc (“shrike, thrush”), from thFrom Middle English *schrike, *schryke, from Old English sċrīc (“shrike, thrush”), from the same root as shriek and screech, named after the bird's cry. Compare Icelandic skríkja (“shrieker, shrike”), Swedish skrika (“jay”).
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