- woodchat shrike
- noun Date: 1781 a black-and-white European shrike (Lanius senator) with a red crown and nape — called also woodchat
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Woodchat Shrike — Taxobox name = Woodchat Shrike status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes familia = Laniidae genus = Lanius species = L. senator binomial = Lanius senator binomial authority =… … Wikipedia
woodchat shrike — rudagalvė medšarkė statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Lanius senator angl. woodchat shrike vok. Rotkopfwürger, m rus. красноголовый сорокопут, m pranc. pie grièche à tête rousse, f ryšiai: platesnis terminas – tikrosios… … Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas
woodchat shrike — noun see woodchat 2 … Useful english dictionary
woodchat shrike — noun a black and white shrike with a chestnut head, native to southern Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. [Lanius senator.] … English new terms dictionary
woodchat — /ˈwʊdtʃæt/ (say woodchat) noun a shrike, Lanius senator, of Europe and North Africa, having a black forehead and chestnut crown, nape, and upper mantle. Also, woodchat shrike. {wood1 + chat2 (def. 2) …
Shrike — Taxobox name = Shrikes image caption = Loggerhead Shrike regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes subordo = Passeri familia = Laniidae subdivision ranks = Genera subdivision = * Lanius * Eurocephalus * Corvinella… … Wikipedia
woodchat — /wood chat /, n. 1. Also, woodchat shrike. a shrike, Lanius senator, of Europe and northern Africa, having a black forehead and a chestnut crown, nape, and mantle. 2. any of various Asiatic thrushes, esp. of the genus Larvivora. [1695 1705; WOOD1 … Universalium
woodchat — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : any of several Asian birds of the family Turdidae and the genus Erithacus the males of which are mostly bright blue marked with red or rufous beneath 2. or woodchat shrike : a European shrike (Lanius senator) whose males have … Useful english dictionary
woodchat — noun see woodchat shrike … New Collegiate Dictionary
Woodchat — Wood chat , n. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) Any one of several species of Asiatic singing birds belonging to the genera {Ianthia} and {Larvivora}. They are closely allied to the European robin. The males are usually bright blue above, and more or less red or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
