flycatcher
Collocations
2FLYCATCHER + NOUN
desk
PREP.
on, up
Definitions
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.
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.
A device for catching flies.
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.
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4Stewart appeared anxious to get all information in connection with a fly-catcher on the counter.
WiktionaryHe has a patent revolving fly-catcher on the counter.
WiktionaryThe 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.
WiktionaryThe flycatcher has ravaged the flies.
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