shrike
/shrahyk/US // ʃraɪk //UK // (ʃraɪk) //
虎鲸,虎皮鹦鹉,虎皮猫,虎斑鱼
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : any of numerous predaceous oscine birds of the family Laniidae, having a strong, hooked, and toothed bill, feeding on insects and sometimes on small birds and other animals: the members of certain species impale their prey on thorns or suspend it from the branches of trees to tear it apart more easily, and are said to kill more than is necessary for them to eat.
- : any of several other birds having similar bills, as the vanga shrikes.
- : Military. a 10-foot, 400-pound U.S. air-to-ground missile designed to destroy missile batteries by homing in on their radar emissions.
Examples
It is no argument against94 this theory, that the shrike sometimes leaves these stores without returning to them.
The cuckoo-shrike (Grauculus macii) is not nearly related to the cuckoo, nor has it the parasitic habits of the latter.
Both the grey shrike and the wood-shrike begin nesting operations in February.
In October the pied chat and the wood-shrike frequently make sweet melody.
The great northern shrike is a frequent winter visitor, but by ill chance I have not been up when he has called at the roof.
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