1. Any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing
   "The Old World flycatcher expertly caught insects in mid-flight"; "The true flycatcher expertly caught insects in mid-flight";
   - Old World flycatcher, true flycatcher
    
2. Large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing
   "The flycatcher darted from its perch to snatch a passing moth";
   - New World flycatcher, tyrant flycatcher, tyrant bird

Derived forms: flycatchers

Type of: oscine, oscine bird, tyrannid

Part of: family Muscicapidae, Muscicapidae, superfamily Tyrannidae, Tyrannidae

Encyclopedia: Flycatcher