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Shrike vs Martinet - What's the difference?

shrike | martinet |

As nouns the difference between shrike and martinet

is that shrike is any of various passerine birds of the family laniidae which are known for their habit of catching other birds and small animals and impaling the uneaten portions of their bodies on thorns while martinet is (lb) a strict disciplinarian or martinet can be a martin; a swift.

shrike

English

Noun

(wikipedia shrike) (en noun)
  • Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae which are known for their habit of catching other birds and small animals and impaling the uneaten portions of their bodies on thorns.

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    Synonyms

    *butcherbird

    Anagrams

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    martinet

    English

    Etymology 1

    After the example of 17th century French army officer .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (lb) A strict disciplinarian.
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  • *:Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile?; he could not tell what this prisoner might do.
  • (lb) Anyone who lays stress on a rigid adherence to the details of discipline, or to forms and fixed methods or rules.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A martin; a swift
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