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Noun: tyrant flycatcher  'tI-runt 'flI,ka-chu(r)
  1. Large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing
    "The tyrant flycatcher darted from its perch to snatch a passing moth";
    - New World flycatcher, flycatcher, tyrant bird

Derived forms: tyrant flycatchers

Type of: tyrannid

Part of: superfamily Tyrannidae, Tyrannidae

Encyclopedia: Tyrant flycatcher