| 单词 | red-backed shrike |
| 释义 | > as lemmasred-backed shrike red-backed shrike n. a shrike, Lanius collurio (family Laniidae), the male of which has a chestnut back and grey crown, widespread in Eurasia and East Africa (and, formerly, in Britain). ΚΠ 1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) I. ii. 215 Red-backed [Shrike]..Lesser Butcher Bird. 1894 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. III 845 Much smaller than this is the Red-backed Shrike,..the best-known species in Great Britain, where it is a summer visitor. 1948 Amer. Midland Naturalist 40 393 Three nests of the Red-backed shrike were found in the defoliated blackthorn shrubs. 1998 Guardian 10 Dec. i. 21/3 Before the second world war, the red-backed shrike was a familiar bird of the British countryside—indeed, its habit of impaling its prey on thorn bushes earned it the name of ‘Butcher bird’. < as lemmas |
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