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3 definitions found
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Beam·bird
n.
Zool.
A
small
European
flycatcher
(
Muscicapa grisola
),
so
called
because
it
often
nests
on
a
beam
in
a
building
.
◄
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From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Fly·catch·er
n.
Zool.
One
of
numerous
species
of
birds
that
feed
upon
insects
,
which
they
take
on
the
wing
.
Note:
☞
The
true
flycatchers
of
the
Old
World
are
Oscines
,
and
belong
to
the
family
Muscicapid
æ,
as
the
spotted
flycatcher
(
Muscicapa grisola
).
The
American
flycatchers
,
or
tyrant
flycatchers
,
are
Clamatores
,
and
belong
to
the
family
Tyrannid
æ,
as
the
kingbird
,
pewee
,
crested
flycatcher
(
Myiarchus crinitus
),
and
the
vermilion
flycatcher
or
churinche
(
Pyrocephalus rubineus
).
Certain
American
flycatching
warblers
of
the
family
Sylvicolid
æ
are
also
called
flycatchers
,
as
the
Canadian
flycatcher
(
Sylvania Canadensis
),
and
the
hooded
flycatcher
(
S. mitrata
).
See
Tyrant flycatcher
.
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►
From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
Muscicapa
grisola
n
:
common
European
woodland
flycatcher
with
grayish-brown
plumage
[
syn
:
spotted flycatcher
,
Muscicapa striata
]
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