loggerhead shrike

loggerhead shrike

n. A predatory North American songbird (Lanius ludovicianus) having gray, black, and white plumage, a black facial mask, and a hooked beak.

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[From its large head.]

log′gerhead shrike′

n. a North American shrike, Lanius ludovicianus, gray above and white below with black wings, tail, and facial mask. [1805–15, Amer.]

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Noun

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loggerhead shrike - a common shrike of southeastern United States having black bands around the eyesLanius lucovicianusshrike - any of numerous Old World birds having a strong hooked bill that feed on smaller animalsgenus Lanius, Lanius - type genus of the Laniidae: typical shrikes