Vocabulary : Shrike to Shrimper

Shrike : 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 birds, etc., and often impale them on thorns, and are, on that account called also butcher birds. See under Butcher.
Shrill : Acute; sharp; piercing; having or emitting a sharp, piercing tone or sound; -- said of a sound, or of that which produces a sound. ;; A shrill sound. ;; To utter an acute, piercing sound; to sound with a sharp, shrill tone; to become shrill. ;; To utter or express in a shrill tone; to cause to make a shrill sound.
Shrilled : of Shrill
Shrill-gorged : Having a throat which produces a shrill note.
Shrilling : of Shrill

Shrillness : The quality or state of being shrill.
Shrill-tongued : Having a shrill voice.
Shrilly : In a shrill manner; acutely; with a sharp sound or voice. ;; Somewhat shrill.
Shrimp : To contract; to shrink. ;; Any one of numerous species of macruran Crustacea belonging to Crangon and various allied genera, having a slender body and long legs. Many of them are used as food. The larger kinds are called also prawns. See Illust. of Decapoda. ;; In a more general sense, any species of the macruran tribe Caridea, or any species of the order Schizopoda, having a similar form. ;; In a loose sense, any small crustacean, including some amphipods and even certain entomostracans; as, the fairy shrimp, and brine shrimp. See under Fairy, and Brine. ;; Figuratively, a little wrinkled man; a dwarf; -- in contempt.
Shrimper : One who fishes for shrimps.

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