flycatcher

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flycatcher - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Flycatcher \Fly"catch`er\, n. (Zool.)
     One of numerous species of birds that feed upon insects,
     which they take on the wing.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: The true flycatchers of the Old World are Oscines, and
           belong to the family Muscicapid[ae], as the spotted
           flycatcher (Muscicapa grisola). The American
           flycatchers, or tyrant flycatchers, are Clamatores, and
           belong to the family Tyrannid[ae], as the kingbird,
           pewee, crested flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus), and
           the vermilion flycatcher or churinche (Pyrocephalus rubineus
           ). Certain American flycatching warblers of
           the family Sylvicolid[ae] are also called
           flycatchers, as the Canadian flycatcher (Sylvania Canadensis
           ), and the hooded flycatcher (S. mitrata).
           See Tyrant flycatcher.
           [1913 Webster]

flycatcher - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  flycatcher
      n 1: any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on
           insects taken on the wing [syn: Old World flycatcher,
           true flycatcher, flycatcher]
      2: large American birds that characteristically catch insects on
         the wing [syn: New World flycatcher, flycatcher, tyrant   flycatcher
         , tyrant bird]