kingbird

king·bird

K0067450 (kĭng′bûrd′)n. Any of various flycatchers of the genus Tyrannus found throughout the Americas, especially T. tyrannus.

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[From their habit of aggressively defending their territories by chasing away other birds.]

kingbird

(ˈkɪŋˌbɜːd) n (Animals) any of several large American flycatchers of the genus Tyrannus, esp T. tyrannus (eastern kingbird or bee martin)

king•bird

(ˈkɪŋˌbɜrd)

n. any of several large, pugnacious New World flycatchers of the genus Tyrannus. [1770–80, Amer.]

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kingbird - large American flycatcher Tyrannus tyrannusNew World flycatcher, tyrant bird, tyrant flycatcher, flycatcher - large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the winggenus Tyrannus, Tyrannus - type genus of the Tyrannidae: tyrant flycatchersArkansas kingbird, western kingbird - a kingbird seen in western United States; head and back are pale grey and the breast is yellowish and the tail is blackCassin's kingbird, Tyrannus vociferans - a kingbird seen in the southwestern United States; largely grey with a yellow abdomeneastern kingbird - a kingbird that breeds in North America and winters in tropical America; distinguished by a white band on the tip of the tailgray kingbird, grey kingbird, petchary, Tyrannus domenicensis domenicensis - a kingbird that breeds in the southeastern United States and winters in tropical America; similar to but larger than the eastern kingbird