cracticus

English Thesaurus

1. type genus of the Cracticidae: Australian butcherbirds (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	bird genus,
definition	:	a genus of birds (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	butcherbird,
definition	:	large carnivorous Australian bird with the shrike-like habit of impaling prey on thorns (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	cracticidae, family cracticidae,
definition	:	Australian birds formerly included in the family Laniidae (noun.animal)