Usually means: Predatory bird; impales prey sharply.
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  1. butcher-bird: Merriam-Webster
  2. butcher-bird, butcher bird: Wordnik
  3. butcher bird: Wiktionary
  4. Butcher bird: Dictionary.com
  5. Butcher-bird, Butcher bird: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. butcher-bird: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  7. butcher-bird, butcher bird: FreeDictionary.org
  8. butcher bird: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Butcher-bird, butcher bird: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Butcher bird)

noun:  Alternative spelling of butcherbird [Any of the magpie-like birds in the genus Cracticus, family Artamidae, of Australia and New Guinea.]

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