flycatcher - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing

Synonyms

• New World flycatcher
• flycatcher
• tyrant bird
• tyrant flycatcher

More generic

• tyrannid

More specific

• Contopus virens
• Muscivora-forficata
• Pyrocephalus rubinus mexicanus
• Sayornis phoebe
• Tyrannus tyrannus
• chatterer
• cotinga
• firebird
• kingbird
• peewee
• peewit
• pewee
• pewit
• phoebe
• phoebe bird
• scissortail
• scissortailed flycatcher
• vermillion flycatcher
• wood pewee

Related

• Tyrannidae
• superfamily Tyrannidae

Noun

any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing

Synonyms

• Old World flycatcher
• flycatcher
• true flycatcher

More generic

• oscine
• oscine bird

More specific

• Muscicapa grisola
• Muscicapa striata
• spotted flycatcher
• thickhead
• whistler

Related

• Muscicapidae
• family Muscicapidae

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