flycatcher
nounEtymology From fly + catcher.
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.
- 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:
- He has a patent revolving fly-catcher on the counter.1889 January 26, The Queensland Figaro and Punch, Brisbane, page 3, column 3:
2 more examples
- 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:
- 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:
- Derived terms
82 terms
Acadian flycatcher, ash-throated flycatcher, Asian brown flycatcher, Atlas flycatcher, Atlas pied flycatcher, black-billed flycatcher, black-capped flycatcher, black-tailed flycatcher, blue-and-white flycatcher, blue flycatcher, blue-throated flycatcher, boat-billed flycatcher, broad-billed flycatcher, brown-breasted flycatcher, brown-crested flycatcher, canary-flycatcher, collared flycatcher, dark-sided flycatcher, dull blue flycatcher, dusky-capped flycatcher, European pied flycatcher, European spotted flycatcher, fairy flycatcher, ferruginous flycatcher, flycatcher-shrike, fork-tailed flycatcher, green-backed flycatcher, grey-capped flycatcher, grey-streaked flycatcher, Hainan blue flycatcher, indigo flycatcher, Kashmir flycatcher, leaden flycatcher, least flycatcher, lemon-bellied flycatcher, little pied flycatcher, mangrove blue flycatcher, mariqua flycatcher, monarch flycatcher, mugimaki flycatcher, narcissus flycatcher, New World flycatcher, Nilgiri flycatcher, Old World flycatcher, olive-sided flycatcher, pale blue flycatcher, paperbark flycatcher, paradise flycatcher, piratic flycatcher, puffback flycatcher, red-breasted flycatcher, restless flycatcher, royal flycatcher, ruddy-tailed flycatcher, rufous-gorgeted flycatcher, rusty-tailed flycatcher, satin flycatcher, scissor-tailed flycatcher, semi-collared flycatcher, shining flycatcher, shrike-flycatcher, silky-flycatcher, snowy-browed flycatcher, social flycatcher, spotted flycatcher, streaked flycatcher, taiga flycatcher, tit-flycatcher, tody-flycatcher, Traill's flycatcher, true flycatcher, tufted flycatcher, tyrant flycatcher, ultramarine flycatcher, verditer flycatcher, vermilion flycatcher, white-tailed blue flycatcher, yellow-bellied flycatcher, yellow flycatcher, yellowish flycatcher, yellow-olive flycatcher, yellow-rumped flycatcher