true flycatcher

Questions about true flycatcher

What does true flycatcher mean?

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

What is another word for true flycatcher?

Close synonyms include Old World 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 true flycatcher a common word?

true 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.