muscicapine
/ˌmʌskɪˈkapʌɪn/ /ˌmʌskɪˈkapɪn/ /məˈsɪkəpʌɪn/Zoology
adjective
Of, belonging to, or designating the subfamily Muscicapinae (family Muscicapidae) or genus Muscicapa of Old World flycatchers.
- This term may be used of the group comprising all Old World flycatchers when the family Muscicapidae is defined in a more inclusive sense: see note s.v. muscicapid..
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Philip Lutley Sclater (1829–1913), zoologist. From scientific Latin Muscicapinae, subfamily name from Muscicapa, genus name (Linnaeus Systema Naturae (ed. 12, 1766) 119, after earlier use in M. Catesby Nat. Hist. Carolina I. 52; from classical Latin musca fly + capere to catch: see capture) + -inae; compare -ine.