flycatcher

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noun

1. any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing
• Syn:
Old World flycatcher, true flycatcher
• Hypernyms:
oscine, oscine bird
• Hyponyms:
spotted flycatcher, Muscicapa striata, Muscicapa grisola, thickhead, whistler
• Member Holonyms:
Muscicapidae, family Muscicapidae
2. large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing
• Syn:
New World flycatcher, tyrant flycatcher, tyrant bird
• Hypernyms:
tyrannid
• Hyponyms:
kingbird, Tyrannus tyrannus, pewee, peewee, peewit,
pewit, wood pewee, Contopus virens, phoebe, phoebe bird, Sayornis phoebe,
vermillion flycatcher, firebird, Pyrocephalus rubinus mexicanus, cotinga, chatterer, scissortail,
scissortailed flycatcher, Muscivora-forficata
• Member Holonyms:
Tyrannidae, superfamily Tyrannidae