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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing;
[syn: Old World flycatcher, true flycatcher, flycatcher]

2. large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing;
[syn: New World flycatcher, flycatcher, tyrant flycatcher, tyrant bird]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Flycatcher \Fly"catch`er\, n. (Zool.) One of numerous species of birds that feed upon insects, which they take on the wing. [1913 Webster] Note: The true flycatchers of the Old World are Oscines, and belong to the family Muscicapid[ae], as the spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa grisola). The American flycatchers, or tyrant flycatchers, are Clamatores, and belong to the family Tyrannid[ae], as the kingbird, pewee, crested flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus), and the vermilion flycatcher or churinche (Pyrocephalus rubineus). Certain American flycatching warblers of the family Sylvicolid[ae] are also called flycatchers, as the Canadian flycatcher (Sylvania Canadensis), and the hooded flycatcher (S. mitrata). See Tyrant flycatcher. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

flycatcher n 1: any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing [syn: Old World flycatcher, true flycatcher, flycatcher] 2: large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing [syn: New World flycatcher, flycatcher, tyrant flycatcher, tyrant bird]