flycatcher

from 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}]
from 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]
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