Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun flycatcher

2 senses of flycatcher

Sense 1
Old World flycatcher, true flycatcher, flycatcher -- (any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing)
       => oscine, oscine bird -- (passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus)

Sense 2
New World flycatcher, flycatcher, tyrant flycatcher, tyrant bird -- (large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing)
       => tyrannid -- (a passerine bird of the suborder Tyranni)