noun
1. shrikes that impale their prey on thorns
• Hypernyms: ↑shrike
• Hyponyms: ↑European shrike, ↑Lanius excubitor, ↑northern shrike, ↑Lanius borealis, ↑white-rumped shrike, ↑Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides
• Member Holonyms: ↑Lanius, ↑genus Lanius
2. large carnivorous Australian bird with the shrike-like habit of impaling prey on thorns
• Hypernyms: ↑Australian magpie
• Member Holonyms: ↑Cracticus, ↑genus Cracticus
Useful english dictionary. 2012.