Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

brown shrike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.39 in modern English

Syllables: brown shrike
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Lanius cristatus, a bird in the shrike family (Lanius) that is found mainly in Asia. It is closely related to the red-backed shrike (L. collurio) and isabelline shrike (L. isabellinus).

Inflected Forms

brown shrikes (plural)

Questions

What does brown shrike mean?: Lanius cristatus, a bird in the shrike family (Lanius) that is found mainly in Asia. It is closely related to the red-backed shrike (L. collurio) and isabelline shrike (L. isabellinus).

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