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flycatcher
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun flycatcher has 2 senses
- flycatcher(n = noun.animal) old world flycatcher, true flycatcher - any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing; Array is a kind of oscine, oscine bird
- flycatcher(n = noun.animal) new world flycatcher, tyrant bird, tyrant flycatcher - large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing; Array is a kind of tyrannid
is a member of family muscicapidae, muscicapidae
has particulars: muscicapa grisola, muscicapa striata, spotted flycatcher, thickhead, whistler
is a member of superfamily tyrannidae, tyrannidae
has particulars: kingbird, tyrannus tyrannus, contopus virens, peewee, peewit, pewee, pewit, wood pewee, phoebe, phoebe bird, sayornis phoebe, firebird, pyrocephalus rubinus mexicanus, vermillion flycatcher, chatterer, cotinga, muscivora-forficata, scissortail, scissortailed flycatcher
CIDE DICTIONARY
flycatcher, n.
One of numerous species of birds that feed upon insects, which they take on the wing. [1913 Webster]
" The true flycatchers of the Old World are Oscines, and belong to the family Muscicapidæ , as the spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa grisola ). The American flycatchers, or tyrant flycatchers, are Clamatores, and belong to the family Tyrannidæ , as the kingbird, pewee, crested flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus ), and the vermilion flycatcher or churinche (Pyrocephalus rubineus ). Certain American flycatching warblers of the family Sylvicolidæ are also called flycatchers, as the Canadian flycatcher (Sylvania Canadensis ), and the hooded flycatcher (S. mitrata ). See Tyrant flycatcher ."
[1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
flycatcher, n. any bird of the families Tyrannidae and Muscicapidae, catching insects esp. in short flights from a perch.
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