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flycatcher 音標拼音: [fl'ɑɪk ,ætʃɚ] n. 捕蠅器,京燕,蠅虎 捕蠅器,京燕,蠅虎 flycatcher n 1: any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing [ synonym: { Old World flycatcher}, { true flycatcher}, { flycatcher}] 2: large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing [ synonym: { New World flycatcher}, { flycatcher}, { tyrant flycatcher}, { tyrant bird}] 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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