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Meaning
noun any of numerous Old World birds having a strong hooked bill that feed on smaller animals
originFrom Middle English *schrike, *schryke, from Old English sċrīc (“shrike, thrush”), from the same root as shriek and screech, named after the bird's cry. Compare Icelandic skríkja (“shrieker, shrike”), Swedish skrika (“jay”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0