nine-killer
English
Etymology
The bird was believed to kill and impale on thorns nine birds, etc., in succession.
Noun
nine-killer (plural nine-killers)
- The northern butcher bird.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for nine-killer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)