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shrikethrush

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
shrikethrush
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A songbird of the genus Colluricincla.

Etymology

Compound of shrike + thrush, from the resemblance to European shrikes (genus Lanius) and thrushes (genus Turdus).

Inflected Forms

shrikethrushes (plural) shrike-thrush (alternative) shrike thrush (alternative)

Phrases

Arafura shrikethrush Bower's shrikethrush grey shrikethrush little shrikethrush Mamberamo shrikethrush rufous shrikethrush sandstone shrikethrush Sepik-Ramu shrikethrush

Questions

What does shrikethrush mean?
A songbird of the genus Colluricincla.
Where does shrikethrush come from?
Compound of shrike + thrush, from the resemblance to European shrikes (genus Lanius) and thrushes (genus Turdus).

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