shrike

shrike

English

Etymology

From Old English scríc (“shrike, thrush”), from the same root as shriek and screech, named after the bird's cry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɹaɪk/
• Rhymes: -aɪk

Noun

shrike (plural shrikes)

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.

Synonyms

• butcherbird

Derived terms

• crow shrike
• cuckoo shrike
• shrike thrush
• shrike tit
• swallow shrike

Translations

Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae

Assamese: বাঘ চৰাই (bagh sorai), এৰাখাতী (erakhati) Basque: antzandobi Breton: pig-spern Catalan: capsigrany (ca) m, capsot (ca) m, botxí (ca) m, escorxador m, trenca (ca) f Czech: ťuhýk (cs) m Dutch: klauwier (nl) m, klapekster (nl) m Esperanto: lanio Finnish: lepinkäinen (fi) French: pie-grièche (fr) f German: Würger (de) m Hungarian: gébics (hu) Italian: averla (it)

Kumyk: къаргъанат (qarğanat) Lithuanian: medšarkė Persian: ورکاک‎ (varkāk), ستوجه‎ (setuje) Picard: agache-écreuhèle Polish: dzierzba (pl), srokosz (pl) Portuguese: picanço (pt) m Russian: сорокопу́т (ru) m (sorokopút) Serbo-Croatian: svračak (sh) m Slovene: srakoper (sl) Spanish: alcaudón m, verdugo (es) m Swedish: törnskata (sv) c Vietnamese: bách thanh (vi)

References

• “shrike” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

Anagrams

• Ihrkes, hikers, shriek