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Tyrant flycatcher   /tˈaɪrənt flˈaɪkˌætʃər/   Listen
Tyrant flycatcher

noun
1.
Large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing.  Synonyms: flycatcher, New World flycatcher, tyrant bird.






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"Tyrant flycatcher" Quotes from Famous Books



... twigs multiply and suggest the very shape of his nest to the chipping sparrow who loves to twine tiny roots and grasses, and especially horsehair, among them till his own light, wee structure is as securely placed as the cement bungalow of the bigger bird. So, too, the tyrant flycatcher loves to build his larger nest, often interwoven with waste string till it looks as if he had tied it on. He seeks the very tip of the level limb and the blunt, sturdy, spreading twigs invite his confidence as they ...
— Old Plymouth Trails • Winthrop Packard



Words linked to "Tyrant flycatcher" :   pewee, peewee, phoebe, scissortailed flycatcher, Pyrocephalus rubinus mexicanus, Contopus virens, peewit, kingbird, Tyrannidae, tyrannid, wood pewee, phoebe bird, Tyrannus tyrannus, scissortail, Sayornis phoebe, firebird, pewit, superfamily Tyrannidae, Muscivora-forficata, flycatcher, vermillion flycatcher, chatterer, cotinga



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