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SPOTTED FLYCATCHER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spotted flycatcher mean?
• SPOTTED FLYCATCHER (noun)
The noun SPOTTED FLYCATCHER has 1 sense:
1. common European woodland flycatcher with greyish-brown plumage
Familiarity information: SPOTTED FLYCATCHER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Common European woodland flycatcher with greyish-brown plumage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Muscicapa grisola; Muscicapa striata; spotted flycatcher
Hypernyms ("spotted flycatcher" is a kind of...):
flycatcher; Old World flycatcher; true flycatcher (any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing)
Holonyms ("spotted flycatcher" is a member of...):
genus Muscicapa; Muscicapa (type genus of the Muscicapidae)
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