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flycatcher en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From fly + catcher.

Meanings

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.
   • He has a patent revolving fly-catcher on the counter. 1889 January 26, The Queensland Figaro and Punch, Brisbane, page 3, column 3:
   • A flycatcher, one of the sticky sort you pull out of a cylinder, will keep safes and cupboards free from ants. 1940 August 13, The Southern Mail, Bowral, NSW, page 4, column 5:
   • The flies worried me when I was writing the other day. I put up a vampire flycatcher on my desk. One stuck to it, and I watched it struggling. 1904 March 4, The Australian Christian Commonwealth, SA, page 7, column 2:
   • Stewart appeared anxious to get all information in connection with a fly-catcher on the counter. 1883 January 20, The Williamstown Advertiser, Victoria, page 2, column 1:

Forms

Deriveds

mugimaki flycatcher · least flycatcher · true flycatcher · ruddy-tailed flycatcher · piratic flycatcher · tufted flycatcher · yellow-bellied flycatcher · yellow-rumped flycatcher · Kashmir flycatcher · dull blue flycatcher · Traill's flycatcher · pale blue flycatcher · yellow-olive flycatcher · broad-billed flycatcher · monarch flycatcher · little pied flycatcher · scissor-tailed flycatcher · dark-sided flycatcher · snowy-browed flycatcher · black-tailed flycatcher · rusty-tailed flycatcher · shining flycatcher · paradise flycatcher · shrike-flycatcher · brown-crested flycatcher · yellow flycatcher · puffback flycatcher · ultramarine flycatcher · yellowish flycatcher · Old World flycatcher · taiga flycatcher · Asian brown flycatcher · fairy flycatcher · ash-throated flycatcher · leaden flycatcher · red-breasted flycatcher · green-backed flycatcher · grey-capped flycatcher · social flycatcher · silky-flycatcher · verditer flycatcher · mariqua flycatcher · tit-flycatcher · semi-collared flycatcher · spotted flycatcher · blue-throated flycatcher · canary-flycatcher · tody-flycatcher · restless flycatcher · olive-sided flycatcher · tyrant flycatcher · blue-and-white flycatcher · grey-streaked flycatcher · flycatcher-shrike · Atlas pied flycatcher · brown-breasted flycatcher · European pied flycatcher · boat-billed flycatcher · black-capped flycatcher · paperbark flycatcher · New World flycatcher · white-tailed blue flycatcher · vermilion flycatcher · Nilgiri flycatcher · fork-tailed flycatcher · royal flycatcher · satin flycatcher · indigo flycatcher · black-billed flycatcher · Atlas flycatcher · rufous-gorgeted flycatcher · European spotted flycatcher · lemon-bellied flycatcher · blue flycatcher · ferruginous flycatcher · Acadian flycatcher · Hainan blue flycatcher · mangrove blue flycatcher · streaked flycatcher · dusky-capped flycatcher · collared flycatcher · narcissus flycatcher

Translations (20)

ast mosqueru (bird) · cs lejsek (bird) · fi tyranni (bird) · ca mastegatatxes (bird) · ca papamosques (bird) · se livkkár (bird) · ro muscar (bird) · cy gwybedog (bird) · fr gobemouche (bird) · it muscicapide (bird) · ru мухоловка (bird) · de Fliegenschnäpper (bird) · lb Méckefänkert (bird) · be валасянка (bird) · nl vliegenvanger (bird) · smn livkkár (bird) · fi sieppo (bird) · sv flugsnappare (bird) · ru мухое́д (bird) · es papamoscas (bird)