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Webster 1913 Edition
Flycatcher
Fly′catchˊer
,Noun.
(Zool.)
One of numerous species of birds that feed upon insects, which they take on the wing.
☞ The true flycatchers of the Old World are Oscines, and belong to the family
Muscicapidæ
, as the spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa grisola
). The American flycatchers, or tyrant flycatchers, are Clamatores, and belong to the family Tyrannidæ
, as the kingbird, pewee, crested flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus
), and the vermilion flycatcher or churinche (Pyrocephalus rubineus
). Certain American flycatching warblers of the family Sylvicolidæ
are also called flycatchers, as the Canadian flycatcher (Sylvania Canadensis
), and the hooded flycatcher (S. mitrata
). See Tyrant flycatcher
. Webster 1828 Edition
Flycatcher
FLYCATCHER
, n.1.
One that hunts flies.2.
In zoology, a genus of birds, the Muscicapa, with a bill flatted at the base, almost triangular, notched at the upper mandible, and beset with bristles. These birds are of the order of Passers, and the species are very numerous.