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| English Dictionary: flycatcher |
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| 2 results for flycatcher |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- flycatcher
- n
- any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on
insects taken on the wing
Synonym(s): Old World flycatcher, true flycatcher, flycatcher
- large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing
Synonym(s): New World flycatcher, flycatcher, tyrant flycatcher, tyrant bird
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Flycatcher \Fly"catch`er\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
One of numerous species of birds that feed upon insects,
which they take on the wing.
Note: The true flycatchers of the Old World are Oscines, and
belong to the family {Muscicapid[91]}, as the spotted
flycatcher ({Muscicapa grisola}). The American
flycatchers, or tyrant flycatchers, are Clamatores, and
belong to the family {Tyrannid[91]}, as the kingbird,
pewee, crested flycatcher ({Myiarchus crinitus}), and
the vermilion flycatcher or churinche ({Pyrocephalus
rubineus}). Certain American flycatching warblers of
the family {Sylvicolid[91]} are also called
flycatchers, as the Canadian flycatcher ({Sylvania
Canadensis}), and the hooded flycatcher ({S. mitrata}).
See {Tyrant flycatcher}.
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