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Noun flycatcher has 2 senses
  1. Old World flycatcher, true flycatcher, flycatcher - any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing
    --1 is a kind of oscine, oscine bird
    --1 is a member of Muscicapidae, family Muscicapidae
    --1 has particulars:
     spotted flycatcher, Muscicapa striata, Muscicapa grisola; thickhead, whistler
  2. New World flycatcher, flycatcher, tyrant flycatcher, tyrant bird - large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing
    --2 is a kind of tyrannid
    --2 is a member of Tyrannidae, superfamily Tyrannidae
    --2 has particulars:
     kingbird, Tyrannus tyrannus; pewee, peewee, peewit, pewit, wood pewee, Contopus virens; phoebe, phoebe bird, Sayornis phoebe; vermillion flycatcher, firebird, Pyrocephalus rubinus mexicanus; cotinga, chatterer; scissortail, scissortailed flycatcher, Muscivora-forficata
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