flycatcher | ||
1. | [ noun ] (zoology) any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing | |
Synonyms: | true_flycatcher Old_World_flycatcher | |
Related terms: | oscine thickhead spotted_flycatcher Muscicapidae | |
2. | [ noun ] (zoology) large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing | |
Synonyms: | tyrant_flycatcher tyrant_bird New_World_flycatcher | |
Related terms: | tyrannid pewee scissortail phoebe vermillion_flycatcher cotinga kingbird Tyrannidae | |
Similar spelling: |
flak_catcher flack_catcher fluctuate |