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单词 northern shrike
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northern shrike
northern shrike n. (more fully great northern shrike) a large migratory shrike with grey and black upperparts, white underparts, and a black mask, Lanius borealis, which breeds in northern regions of Eurasia and North America.Occasionally classified as the great grey shrike, L. excubitor, or a subspecies of this. Cf. great grey shrike n. at great adj., n., adv., and int. Compounds 1g.
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1781 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. i. 165 Northern S [hrike] ... Brought from the northern parts of America by the late voyagers.
1888 Ornithologist & Oölogist July 103/2 Great Northern Shrike, (yng.), shot at Matinicus Island... Stomach completely filled with black bugs, other small insects, and a substance resembling purple berries.
1969 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 20 Dec. 32/5 In our area if you should see a shrike in winter it is almost certain to be a northern shrike, in summer a loggerhead shrike.
2018 A. Dorst Birds Vancouver Island's West Coast 363 Northern shrike. Lanius borealis... This bird, with grey-and-white plumage and contrasting black wings, tail, and mask, is hard to mistake for any other.
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