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puffback

Syllabification: (puff·back)
Pronunciation: /ˈpəfˌbak/
(also puff-back shrike)
Definition of puffback

noun

  • a small black-and-white African shrike, the male of which displays by puffing up the feathers of the lower back.
    • Genus Dryoscopus, family Laniidae: several species, in particular D. gambensis

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