'Flycatcher' definitions:
Definition of 'flycatcher'
(from WordNet)
noun
Any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing [syn: Old World flycatcher, true flycatcher, flycatcher]
noun
Large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing [syn: New World flycatcher, flycatcher, tyrant flycatcher, tyrant bird]
Definition of 'Flycatcher'
From: GCIDE
- Flycatcher \Fly"catch`er\, n. (Zool.) One of numerous species of birds that feed upon insects, which they take on the wing. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The true flycatchers of the Old World are Oscines, and belong to the family Muscicapid[ae], as the spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa grisola). The American flycatchers, or tyrant flycatchers, are Clamatores, and belong to the family Tyrannid[ae], as the kingbird, pewee, crested flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus), and the vermilion flycatcher or churinche ({Pyrocephalus rubineus}). Certain American flycatching warblers of the family Sylvicolid[ae] are also called flycatchers, as the Canadian flycatcher ({Sylvania Canadensis}), and the hooded flycatcher (S. mitrata). See Tyrant flycatcher. [1913 Webster]