flycatchernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈflaɪˌkætʃ.ər/us/ˈflaɪˌkætʃ.ɚ/a small bird that catches insects in the air
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Other wild birds
- bird of paradise
- blackbird
- blue tit
- bluebird
- bluejay
- house martin
- house sparrow
- hummingbird
- Indian mynah
- jackass
- mockingbird
- mynah
- nightingale
- oriole
- ostrich
- starling
- swift
- toucan
- turtle dove
- warbler
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Examples from literature
- Above the blue, unruffled pools green flycatchers darted, and rollers spread metallic wings.
- Among the birds, doves and flycatchers were mostcommonly seen, one species of the latter frequently dazzling our eyes with its brilliant vermilion plumage.
- Flycatchers snap up the weevils near trees and shrubbery.
- From the great-crested to the little green flycatcher, their ways and general habits are the same.
- It is almost impossible for any insectivorous bird except a flycatcher to take a moth or a butterfly on the wing.