NOUN | animal | Old World flycatcher, true flycatcher, flycatcher | any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing |
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Meaning | Any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing. | |
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Synonyms | true flycatcher, 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 |
thickhead, whistler | Australian and southeastern Asian birds with a melodious whistling call | |
Broader | oscine, oscine bird | passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus |
Spanish | papamoscas |
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