English Explanatory Dictionary

flycatcher

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of many kinds of birds of the family Muscicapidae, of Africa, Europe, and Asia, that catch insects in flight; an Old World flycatcher.
  2. Any of many kinds of similar birds of various families, such as Tyrannidae (the New World flycatchers of the Americas), Tityridae, Stenostiridae, Monarchidae, Petroicidae, etc.
  3. A device for catching flies.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-flycatcher.wav

Word forms

flycatcher flycatchers

Etymology

From fly + catcher.

Derived words

Acadian flycatcher ash-throated flycatcher Asian brown flycatcher Atlas flycatcher Atlas pied flycatcher black-billed flycatcher black-capped flycatcher black-tailed flycatcher blue-and-white flycatcher blue flycatcher blue-throated flycatcher boat-billed flycatcher broad-billed flycatcher brown-breasted flycatcher brown-crested flycatcher canary-flycatcher collared flycatcher dark-sided flycatcher dull blue flycatcher dusky-capped flycatcher European pied flycatcher European spotted flycatcher fairy flycatcher ferruginous flycatcher flycatcher-shrike fork-tailed flycatcher green-backed flycatcher grey-capped flycatcher grey-streaked flycatcher Hainan blue flycatcher indigo flycatcher Kashmir flycatcher leaden flycatcher least flycatcher lemon-bellied flycatcher little pied flycatcher mangrove blue flycatcher mariqua flycatcher monarch flycatcher mugimaki flycatcher narcissus flycatcher New World flycatcher Nilgiri flycatcher Old World flycatcher olive-sided flycatcher pale blue flycatcher paperbark flycatcher paradise flycatcher piratic flycatcher puffback flycatcher red-breasted flycatcher restless flycatcher royal flycatcher ruddy-tailed flycatcher rufous-gorgeted flycatcher rusty-tailed flycatcher satin flycatcher scissor-tailed flycatcher semi-collared flycatcher shining flycatcher

Translations

Asturian: mosqueru Belarusian: валасянка Catalan: papamosques Catalan: mastegatatxes Czech: lejsek Dutch: vliegenvanger Finnish: sieppo Finnish: tyranni French: gobemouche German: Fliegenschnäpper Italian: muscicapide Luxembourgish: Méckefänkert Romanian: muscar Russian: мухоловка Russian: мухое́д Inari-Sami: livkkár Northern Sami: livkkár Spanish: papamoscas Swedish: flugsnappare Welsh: gwybedog
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