Turkish - English
Definition of lanius collurio in Turkish English dictionary
- shrike
- 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
- {n} a genus of birds, the tyrant or butcher bird
- Any of various carnivorous oscine birds of the family Laniidae, having a screeching call and a strong hooked bill with a toothlike projection and often impaling its prey on sharp-pointed thorns or barbs of wire fencing. Any of about 64 species of solitary, predatory songbirds (family Laniidae), especially any of the 25 species of the genus Lanius. Shrikes kill insects, lizards, mice, and birds with their bill or may impale their prey on a thorn (earning them the name butcher bird). Most species are gray or brownish and have a harsh call; several Eurasian species have reddish or brown markings. The great gray shrike (L. excubitor), called northern shrike in Canada and the U.S., is about 10 in. (25 cm) long and has a black mask. The only other New World species is the similar but smaller loggerhead shrike (L. ludovicianus) of North America
- {i} any of a number of insectivorous birds having a strong hooked and toothed bill
- Most shrikes are insectivorous, but the common European gray shrike (Lanius excubitor), the great northern shrike (L
- any of numerous Old World birds having a strong hooked bill that feed on smaller animals
- and often impale them on thorns, and are, on that account called also butcher birds
- See under Butcher
- Any one of numerous species of oscinine birds of the family Laniidæ, having a strong hooked bill, toothed at the tip
- borealis, and several others, kill mice, small birds, etc
German - English
Definition of lanius collurio in German English dictionary
- Neuntöter (Lanius collurio)
- red-backed shrike