flycatcher

English

Etymology

fly +‎ catcher

Noun

flycatcher (plural flycatchers)

Any of many kinds of birds, of the families Muscicapidae (in Europe and Asia) and Tyrannidae (in the Americas), that catch insects in flight.

Derived terms

New World flycatcher
Old World flycatcher
true flycatcher
tyrant flycatcher
yellow-bellied flycatcher

Translations

bird

Belarusian: валасянка f (valasjanka)
Czech: lejsek
Finnish: sieppo
German: Fliegenschnäpper (de) m

Italian: muscicapide (it) m
Luxembourgish: Méckefänkert m
Romanian: muscar (ro) m
Russian: мухоловка (ru) (muxolovka)

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Estonian: kärbsenäpp, kärbsepüünis
Ido: mushokaptero (io)

Kurdish: mêşgir (ku)
Swahili: shore (sw)

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