flycatcher

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A weekend project grew into a week, then a month, one thing after the other and now here I am with Flycatcher Club.

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A device for catching flies.

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noun

A device for catching flies.

noun

Any of many kinds of birds of the family Muscicapidae, of Africa, Europe, and Asia, that catch insects in flight; an Old World flycatcher.

noun

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.

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Core meanings and parts of speech for flycatcher.

noun

A device for catching flies.

noun

Any of many kinds of birds of the family Muscicapidae, of Africa, Europe, and Asia, that catch insects in flight; an Old World flycatcher.

noun

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.

Example sentences

A weekend project grew into a week, then a month, one thing after the other and now here I am with Flycatcher Club.

Not stuck in my head the same as a song, but after a day birding I'll have things like Pacific-Slope Flycatcher or Red Crossbill calls stuck in my head.

I haven't had luck with the shelled peanuts and crows, but I've gotten a lot of scrub jays, magpies, chickadees, and yesterday there was a big flycatcher.

The mounting collar on the new VR 300 is just a touch loose, but when you're moving this thing around to get that shot of a yellow-breasted Pacific flycatcher, a few minutes of wiggle is not acceptable.