Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bush shrike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.39 in modern English

Syllables
bush shrike
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An African passerine bird of the family Malaconotidae.

noun

Any bird of the American family Thamnophilidae; an antshrike.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

bush shrikes (plural) bush-shrike (alternative) bushshrike (alternative)

Questions

What does bush shrike mean?
An African passerine bird of the family Malaconotidae.

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