Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

flycatcher

/flˈaɪkˌætʃɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.35 in modern English

Syllables: fly-catch-er
IPA: /flˈaɪkˌætʃɚ/

23

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of many kinds of birds of the family Muscicapidae, of Africa, Europe, and Asia, that catch insects in flight; an Old World flycatcher.

noun

Any of many kinds of similar birds of various families, such as Tyrannidae (the New World flycatchers of the Americas), Tityridae, Stenostiridae, Monarchidae, Petroicidae, etc.

noun

A device for catching flies.

Example Sentences

"Stewart appeared anxious to get all information in connection with a fly-catcher on the counter."
"He has a patent revolving fly-catcher on the counter."
"The flies worried me when I was writing the other day. I put up a vampire flycatcher on my desk. One stuck to it, and I watched it struggling."
"A flycatcher, one of the sticky sort you pull out of a cylinder, will keep safes and cupboards free from ants."

Etymology

From fly + catcher.

Word Breakdown

Root: *kap-

Inflected Forms

flycatchers (plural)

Phrases

Acadian flycatcher ash-throated flycatcher Asian brown flycatcher Atlas flycatcher Atlas pied flycatcher black-billed flycatcher black-capped flycatcher black-tailed flycatcher

Synonyms

new world flycatcher tyrant flycatcher tyrant bird old world flycatcher true flycatcher

Rhymes With

spycatcher

Questions

How do you pronounce flycatcher?: The recorded pronunciation is /flˈaɪkˌætʃɚ/.
What does flycatcher mean?: Any of many kinds of birds of the family Muscicapidae, of Africa, Europe, and Asia, that catch insects in flight; an Old World flycatcher.
Where does flycatcher come from?: From fly + catcher.

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