old world flycatcher

1. 1.

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

   Synonymstrue flycatcherflycatcher

   Broaderoscine

   Narrowerspotted flycatcherthickhead

   Part ofMuscicapidae

Questions about old world flycatcher

What does old world flycatcher mean?

old world flycatcher means "any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing".

What is another word for old world flycatcher?

Close synonyms include true flycatcher, flycatcher. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is old world flycatcher a common word?

old world flycatcher is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.