flycatcher

English

Etymology

From fly +‎ catcher.

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Noun

flycatcher (plural flycatchers)

  1. Any of many kinds of birds of the family Muscicapidae, of Africa, Europe, and Asia, that catch insects in flight; an Old World flycatcher.
  2. Any of many kinds of similar birds of various families, such as Tyrannidae (the New World flycatchers of the Americas), Tityridae, Stenostiridae, Monarchidae, Petroicidae, etc.

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