Hypertext Webster Gateway: "flycatcher"

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) 1.7 (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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