Found 2 items, similar to flycatcher.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: flycatcher 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]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Flycatcher Flycatcher \Fly"catch`er\, n. (Zo["o]l.) 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]