great grey shrike; northern shrike
A bird species (Lanius excubitor). In Japanese, the name is usually written in katakana as オオモズ.
The great grey shrike is a migratory bird seen in Japan in winter.
The great grey shrike has a habit of catching small birds and insects and impaling them on branches.
Kanji form is rare; the bird is almost always written in kana.
The name オオモズ (大百舌) literally means 'large shrike', from 大 (おお, 'big') + モズ (百舌, 'shrike'). The kanji 百舌 is a jukujikun reading for モズ.