flycatcher
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(noun) large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing |
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Synonyms: New World flycatcher, tyrant bird, tyrant flycatcher |
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Related Words: Contopus virens, Muscivora-forficata, Pyrocephalus rubinus mexicanus, Sayornis phoebe, Tyrannus tyrannus, chatterer, cotinga, firebird, kingbird, peewee, peewit, pewee, pewit, phoebe, phoebe bird, scissortail, scissortailed flycatcher, tyrannid, vermillion flycatcher, wood pewee |
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(noun) any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing |
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Synonyms: Old World flycatcher, true flycatcher |
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Related Words: Muscicapa grisola, Muscicapa striata, oscine, oscine bird, spotted flycatcher, thickhead, whistler |
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