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  1. Shrike
    The USS Shrike is an American Osprey Class mine hunter. The Osprey Class ships are the world's largest glass reinforced plastic (GRP) ships and are the first United States Navy ships designed solely for mine hunting. The technique used to locate mines is by high definition sonar and the mines are ne...
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  2. shrike
    [n] - any of numerous Old World birds having a strong hooked bill that feed on smaller animals
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  3. Shrike
    Shrike noun [ Akin to Icelandic skrīkja a shrieker, the shrike, and English shriek ; confer Anglo-Saxon scrīc a thrush. See Shriek , intransitive verb ] (Zoology) Any one of nume...
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  4. shrike
    <ornithology> Any one of numerous species of oscinine birds of the family Laniidae, having a strong hooked bill, toothed at the tip. most shrikes are insectivorous, but the common European gray shrike (Lanius excubitor), the great northern shrike (L. Borealis), and several others, kill mice, s...
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  5. shrike
    noun any of numerous Old World birds having a strong hooked bill that feed on smaller animals
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  6. Shrike
    • (v. i.) Any one of numerous species of oscinine birds of the family Laniidae, having a strong hooked bill, toothed at the tip. Most shrikes are insectivorous, but the common European gray shrike (Lanius excubitor), the great northern shrike (L. borealis), and several others, kill mice, small ...
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  7. shrike
    family name Laniidae, any of about 64 species of medium-sized predatory birds (order Passeriformes); in particular, any of the 25 species of the ... [1 related articles]
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  8. shrike
    shrike or butcher bird,predatory songbird found in most parts of the world except Australia and South America. The plumage of the European and North American species is mostly gray, black, and white; the tail is long and rounded, and the wings are rather short. Some African species are brilliantly c...
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  9. Shrike
    The Shrikes (Lanidae) are a Passerine family of small birds of the Dentirostres tribe, with varying characters, but often with compressed, hooked, serrated bills suitable for seizing and tearing the small birds and animals they feed on.
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  10. shrike
    Bird of the family Laniidae, of which there are over 70 species, living mostly in Africa, but also in Eurasia and North America. They often impale insects and small vertebrates on thorns. They can grow to 35 cm/14 in long, have grey, black, or brown plumage, sharply clawed feet, and hooked beaks
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  11. Shrike
    AGM-45 antiradiation missile.
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  12. Shrike
    `Shrikes` are passerine birds of the family `Laniidae`. The family is composed of thirty-one species in three genera. The family name, and that of the largest genus, Lanius, is derived from the Latin word for "butcher", and some shrikes were also known as "butcher birds" b...
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  13. Shrike
    (comics) `Shrike` is the name of multiple fictional characters appearing in publications from --> `Toron Tos` was a super-powered orphan from the highly advanced planet Moronon in the distant Mizar system where everyone has wings who was raised on Earth by Comoc Indians who believed he was a ...
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  14. Shrike
    (Philip Reeve) `Shrike` (or `Grike` in the North American editions) is a recurring character in Philip Reeve`s Mortal Engines Quartet and Fever Crumb Series. He appears in all the books except Predator`s Gold and A Web of Air. Shrike is a Stalker, a resurrected human body wired ...
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  15. Shrike
    (racing car) `Shrike` is a racing car developed in Australia by the Croydon Park Institute of TAFE in 1988 and 1989. It was developed for the then new Formula Holden category which mandated an aluminium tub monocoque, powered by a Buick sourced 3.8 litre Holden V6 engine, as used in the Holde...
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12 February 2012

This day in history:
/calendar/ On February 12, 1809, Charles Robert Darwin was born at The Mount in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Darwin was one of the last of the eclectic scientists who preceded the age of professional specialization. His genius lay in his ability to select, from the facts which he so diligently collected, every relevant point and fit it into his bold and far-reaching theories. He was not the first to advance a theory of evolution; but his massive weight of evidence carried conviction where earlier theorists had failed. He was shy and modest and shrank from controversy, an unfortunate trait in the author of the most controversial book of the century. read more

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