Definition of tyrant flycatcher Tyrant flycatcher
ty•rant fly•catch•er
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WordNet
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| tyrant flycatcher - large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing | ||
| New World flycatcher, 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 | ||
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Wiktionary 
- tyrant flycatcher (Noun)
Any of a group of passerine birds, of family Tyrannidae, that inhabit the Americas.
