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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Flycatcher \Fly"catch`er\, n. (Zo["o]l.) One of numerous species of birds that feed upon insects, which they take on the wing. 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: flycatcher n 1: any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing [syn: {Old World flycatcher}, {true flycatcher}] 2: large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing [syn: {New World flycatcher}, {tyrant flycatcher}, {tyrant bird}]
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