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tyrant flycatcher

noun

Definition of tyrant flycatcher

: any of a large family (Tyrannidae) of American flycatchers that are usually strictly insectivorous and have a flattened bill often hooked at the tip and usually bristly at the gape

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 Swallows, gulls and terns, crows, blackbirds and orioles, tyrant flycatchers and parids—all practice mobbing. — Lance Morrow, WSJ, "Political Harassment Is for the Birds," 6 July 2018 This is one of more than 400 species known as tyrant flycatchers that are found throughout the United States. — Ernie Cowan, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Ash-throated flycatchers settled in for summer," 19 Apr. 2018

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First Known Use of tyrant flycatcher

circa 1783, in the meaning defined above

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