Definition of flycatcher Flycatcher
/flajˈkæˌʧɚ/ - [flaykatcher] - fly•catch•er
We found 5 definitions of flycatcher from 4 different sources.
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What does flycatcher mean?
WordNet
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| flycatcher - large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing | ||
| New World flycatcher, tyrant flycatcher, tyrant bird | ||
| tyrannid a passerine bird of the suborder Tyranni | ||
| superfamily tyrannidae, tyrannidae New World tyrant flycatchers most numerous in Central America and South America but also in the United States and Canada | ||
| kingbird, tyrannus tyrannus large American flycatcher | ||
| contopus virens, pewee, wood pewee, peewee, peewit, pewit small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America | ||
| phoebe bird, sayornis phoebe, phoebe small dun-colored North American flycatcher | ||
| pyrocephalus rubinus mexicanus, vermillion flycatcher, firebird tropical American flycatcher found as far north as southern Texas and Arizona; adult male has bright scarlet and black plumage | ||
| cotinga, chatterer passerine bird of New World tropics | ||
| flycatcher - any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing | ||
| Old World flycatcher, true flycatcher | ||
| oscine, oscine bird passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus | ||
| family muscicapidae, muscicapidae Old World (true) flycatchers | ||
| muscicapa grisola, muscicapa striata, spotted flycatcher common European woodland flycatcher with greyish-brown plumage | ||
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Wiktionary 
- flycatcher (Noun)
Any of several birds, of the families Muscicapidae in Europe and Asia and Tyrannidae in the Americas, that catch insects in flight.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- flycatcher (n.)
One of numerous species of birds that feed upon insects, which they take on the wing.
Part of speech
🔤- flycatcher, noun, singular of flycatchers.
