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Flycatcher   /flˈaɪkˌætʃər/   Listen
Flycatcher

noun
1.
Any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing.  Synonyms: Old World flycatcher, true flycatcher.
2.
Large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing.  Synonyms: New World flycatcher, tyrant bird, tyrant flycatcher.



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New World flycatcher
Old World flycatcher
scissortailed flycatcher
spotted flycatcher
true flycatcher
tyrant flycatcher
vermillion flycatcher


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"Flycatcher" Quotes from Famous Books



... sumac as a place of refuge, the Cardinal slipped aside and spent all his remaining breath in an exultant whistle of triumph, for now he was beginning to see his way. He dashed into mid-air, and with a gyration that would have done credit to a flycatcher, he snapped up a gadfly that should have ...
— The Song of the Cardinal • Gene Stratton-Porter


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