Flycatcher (Noun)

Meaning ¹

Large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing.

Classification

Nouns denoting animals.

Synonyms

• Tyrant Flycatcher
• Tyrant Bird
• New World Flycatcher

Hypernyms

• Tyrannid

Hyponyms

• Kingbird
• Pewit
• Phoebe
• Peewit
• Cotinga
• Vermillion Flycatcher
• Muscivora-forficata
• Wood Pewee
• Sayornis Phoebe
• Scissortail
• Pyrocephalus Rubinus Mexicanus
• Contopus Virens
• Pewee

Meaning ²

Any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing.

Classification

Nouns denoting animals.

Synonyms

• True Flycatcher
• Old World Flycatcher

Hypernyms

• Oscine
• Oscine Bird

Hyponyms

• Whistler
• Thickhead
• Muscicapa Striata
• Spotted Flycatcher