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FLYCATCHING WARBLER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flycatching warbler mean? 

FLYCATCHING WARBLER (noun)
  The noun FLYCATCHING WARBLER has 1 sense:

1. any of numerous American wood warblers that feed on insects caught on the wingplay

  Familiarity information: FLYCATCHING WARBLER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FLYCATCHING WARBLER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of numerous American wood warblers that feed on insects caught on the wing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("flycatching warbler" is a kind of...):

New World warbler; wood warbler (small bright-colored American songbird with a weak unmusical song)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flycatching warbler"):

American redstart; redstart; Setophaga ruticilla (flycatching warbler of eastern North America the male having bright orange on sides and wings and tail)


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