butcher bird

A form of butcherbird — Any of the magpie-like birds in the genus Cracticus, of Australia and New Guinea.

Meanings

nounbutcher bird (plural butcher birds)

plural butcher birds

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of butcherbird.
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