Associations to the word «Flycatcher»

Wiktionary

FLYCATCHER, noun. Any of many kinds of birds, of the families Muscicapidae (in Europe and Asia) and Tyrannidae (in the Americas), that catch insects in flight.

Dictionary definition

FLYCATCHER, noun. Any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing.
FLYCATCHER, noun. Large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing.

Wise words

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Ernest Hemingway