English Explanatory Dictionary

shrikethrush

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A songbird of the genus Colluricincla.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

shrikethrush shrikethrushes shrike-thrush shrike thrush

Etymology

Compound of shrike + thrush, from the resemblance to European shrikes (genus Lanius) and thrushes (genus Turdus).

Derived words

Arafura shrikethrush Bower's shrikethrush grey shrikethrush little shrikethrush Mamberamo shrikethrush rufous shrikethrush sandstone shrikethrush Sepik-Ramu shrikethrush sooty shrikethrush Tagula shrikethrush variable shrikethrush Waigeo shrikethrush
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