OLD WORLD FLYCATCHER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Old World flycatcher mean? 

• OLD WORLD FLYCATCHER (noun)
  The noun OLD WORLD FLYCATCHER has 1 sense:

1. any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing

  Familiarity information: OLD WORLD FLYCATCHER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OLD WORLD FLYCATCHER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

flycatcher; Old World flycatcher; true flycatcher

Hypernyms ("Old World flycatcher" is a kind of...):

oscine; oscine bird (passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Old World flycatcher"):

Muscicapa grisola; Muscicapa striata; spotted flycatcher (common European woodland flycatcher with greyish-brown plumage)

thickhead; whistler (Australian and southeastern Asian birds with a melodious whistling call)

Holonyms ("Old World flycatcher" is a member of...):

family Muscicapidae; Muscicapidae (Old World (true) flycatchers)