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Large American flycatcher
Answer for the clue "Large American flycatcher ", 8 letters:
kingbird
Word definitions for kingbird in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
The genus Tyrannus is a group of large insect-eating birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. The majority are named as kingbirds . They prefer semi-open or open areas. These birds wait on an exposed perch and then catch insects in flight. They ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Kingbird \King"bird\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A small American bird ( Tyrannus tyrannus , or Tyrannus Carolinensis ), noted for its courage in attacking larger birds, even hawks and eagles, especially when they approach its nest in the breeding season. It is a typical ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. large American flycatcher [syn: Tyrannus tyrannus ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A group of large insectivorous passerine birds of the genus ''Tyrannus''.
Usage examples of kingbird.
A thunder storm was coming from where the sun goes down, and just as I was riding into the woods along a creek, there was a kingbird sitting on a limb.
Bees were humming around the clover in the grass, and the kingbird chattered ceaselessly from the Lombardy poplar-tip.
The bees and flies buzzing in the sun, the jay and kingbird in the poplars, the smell of strawberries, the motion of lush grass, the shimmer of corn blades tossed gayly as banners in a conquering army.
Already she had spotted prairie chickens, wild turkeys, Western kingbirds, a scissor-tailed flycatcher, red-tailed hawks, and a pair of horned larks.