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Pronunciation varies by accent · 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..
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.
Use flycatcher when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Flycatcher means Any of many kinds of birds of the family Muscicapidae, of Africa, Europe, and Asia, that catch insects in flight; an Old World flycatcher..
Common synonyms include tyrant flycatcher, true flycatcher, tyrant bird, new world flycatcher.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Stewart appeared anxious to get all information in connection with a fly-catcher on the counter.
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