Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A restricted genus of butcher-birds, of simple bluish-gray and white coloration, varied with black on the wings and tail; the gray shrikes.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun type genus of the Laniidae: typical shrikes
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Examples
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The man was crude and thick-skinned enough not to mind having a job descriptiongladiatorial school owner (lanista, in Latin)that Romans compared to butcher (lanius) or pimp (leno).
The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009
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The man was crude and thick-skinned enough not to mind having a job descriptiongladiatorial school owner (lanista, in Latin)that Romans compared to butcher (lanius) or pimp (leno).
The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009
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The man was crude and thick-skinned enough not to mind having a job descriptiongladiatorial school owner (lanista, in Latin)that Romans compared to butcher (lanius) or pimp (leno).
The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009
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The man was crude and thick-skinned enough not to mind having a job descriptiongladiatorial school owner (lanista, in Latin)that Romans compared to butcher (lanius) or pimp (leno).
The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009
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The towee bird (fringilla erythrophthalma) are very numerous, as are a species of bluish grey butcher bird (lanius.)
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The next bird that I procured (on the 21st May) was a male red-backed butcher bird, _lanius collurio_.
The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 Gilbert White 1756
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A gentleman sent me lately a fine specimen of the _lanius minor cinerascens cum macula in scapulis alba_, _Raii_; which is a bird that, at the time of your publishing your two first volumes of "British
The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 Gilbert White 1756
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