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DictionaryRoot: scric
Old English

scric

shrike or thrush; bird with a shrill call

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A shrike in clear side profile on a thorny twig, its hooked bill prominent as it grips a captured grasshopper, showing both songbird anatomy and predatory feeding.
noun

shrike

SHRIKE/ʃraɪk/

A predatory songbird that impales prey on thorns.

Etymology
shrikeOld Englishshrike or thrush; bird with a shrill call

Old English scric described a “bird with a shrill call” and apparently survives in shrike. The name probably echoes the bird’s cry, linking it with shriek.

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