HyperDic: flycatcher

English > 2 senses of the word *flycatcher*:
NOUN	animal	flycatcher, Old World flycatcher, true flycatcher	any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing
NOUN	animal	flycatcher, New World flycatcher, tyrant flycatcher, tyrant bird	large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing

flycatcher > pronunciation
Sounds	flay'kae.cher
Rhymes	acupuncture ... welcher: 102 rhymes with cher...

English > *flycatcher*: 2 senses > noun 1, animal
Meaning	Any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing.
Synonyms	Old World flycatcher, true flycatcher
Member of	Muscicapidae, family Muscicapidae	Old World (true) flycatchers
Narrower	spotted flycatcher, Muscicapa striata, Muscicapa grisola	Common European woodland flycatcher with greyish-brown plumage
Narrower	thickhead, whistler	Australian and southeastern Asian birds with a melodious whistling call
Broader	oscine, oscine bird	passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus
Spanish	papamoscas

English > *flycatcher*: 2 senses > noun 2, animal
Meaning	large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing.
Synonyms	New World flycatcher, tyrant flycatcher, tyrant bird
Member of	Tyrannidae, superfamily Tyrannidae	New World tyrant flycatchers most numerous in Central America and South America but also in the United States and Canada
Narrower	cotinga, chatterer	passerine bird of New World tropics
	kingbird, Tyrannus tyrannus	large American flycatcher
	pewee, peewee, peewit, pewit, wood pewee, Contopus virens	small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America
	phoebe, phoebe bird, Sayornis phoebe	small dun-colored North American flycatcher
	scissortail, scissortailed flycatcher, Muscivora-forficata	Grey flycatcher of the southwestern United States and Mexico and Central America having a long forked tail and white breast and salmon and scarlet markings
	vermillion flycatcher, firebird, Pyrocephalus rubinus mexicanus	Tropical American flycatcher found as far north as southern Texas and Arizona
Broader	tyrannid	A passerine bird of the suborder Tyranni
Spanish	myiarchus

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