单词 | true flycatcher |
释义 | true flycatcher (once / 590966 pages) n WORD FAMILY true flycatcher: true flycatchers USAGE EXAMPLESThe illustrious Cuvier has well observed, that the true Flycatchers have the bill longer, narrowed, less compressed, and the tip but slightly bent. Swainson, William, Zoological Illustrations, Volume I...(2012) A true flycatcher usually returns to its old perch after each hunt. Blanchan, Neltje, Bird Neighbors—An Introductory Acqu...(2011) III Swallows, in hawking through the air for insects, do not snap their game up as do the true flycatchers. Burroughs, John, Under the Maples(2010) n any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing Syn|Hypo|Hyper Old World flycatcher, flycatcher Muscicapa grisola, Muscicapa striata, spotted flycatcher common European woodland flycatcher with greyish-brown plumage thickhead, whistlerAustralian and southeastern Asian birds with a melodious whistling call oscine, oscine bird passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus |
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