TYRANNIDAE

Meaning of TYRANNIDAE in English

family of flycatcher birds native to the New World. See tyrant flycatcher; tyrannulet.

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TYRANNIDAE — tə̇ˈranəˌdē, tīˈr- noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Tyrannus, type genus + -idae : a large exclusively American …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TYRANNIDAE — tyrant flycatchers
Animal names in Latin and English vocab
TYRANT FLYCATCHER — noun Date: circa 1783 any of a large family (Tyrannidae) of American flycatchers that are usually strictly insectivorous and have …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FLYCATCHER — noun Date: 1678 any of various passerine birds (families Muscicapidae and Tyrannidae) that feed on insects taken on the wing
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PHOEBE — Any of three species (family Tyrannidae, suborder Tyranni) of suboscine passerines with a habit of twitching their tail when perching. …
Английский словарь Британика
FLYCATCHER — Any of numerous small passerine birds that capture insects on the wing, particularly more than 100 Old World species of …
Английский словарь Британика
TYRANT FLYCATCHER — noun also tyrant bird : a flycatcher of the family Tyrannidae
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TYRANNUS — tə̇ˈranəs, tīˈr- noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, tyrant : the type genus of Tyrannidae comprising the kingbird …
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TYRANNID — ̷ ̷ˈranə̇d, ˈtirən- noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin Tyrannidae : a bird of the family Tyrannidae
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FLYCATCHER — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : any of numerous birds (order Passeriformes) that feed upon insects taken on the wing: a. : …
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ELAENIA — ə̇ˈlēnēə noun Etymology: New Latin, modification of Greek elaïnea, feminine of elaïneos of the olive, of olivewood, from elaia olive; …
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TYRANT — (n.) Any one of numerous species of American clamatorial birds belonging to the family Tyrannidae; -- called also tyrant bird.
Английский словарь Webster
TYRANT — ( n. ) Any one of numerous species of American clamatorial birds belonging to the family Tyrannidae; -- called also …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
FLYCATCHER — /fluy"kach'euhr/ , n. 1. any of numerous Old World birds of the family Muscicapidae, that feed on insects captured in …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TYRANT FLYCATCHER — Date: circa 1783 : any of a large family (Tyrannidae) of American flycatchers that are usually strictly insectivorous and have …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FLYCATCHER — noun Date: 1678 : any of various passerine birds (families Muscicapidae and Tyrannidae) that feed on insects taken on the …
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TYRANT — vi to act like a tyrant; to play the tyrant; to tyrannical. 2. tyrant ·noun an absolute ruler; a sovereign …
Webster English vocab
TYRANT FLYCATCHER — ■ noun a flycatcher of a large family (Tyrannidae) including all American species. Origin C18: so named because of their …
Concise Oxford English vocab
TYRANT FLYCATCHER — [tyrant flycatcher] n (ca. 1783): any of various large American flycatchers (family Tyrannidae) that are usu. strictly insectivorous and have …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FLYCATCHER — [fly.catch.er] n (1678): any of various passerine birds (families Muscicapidae and Tyrannidae) that feed on insects taken on the wing
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TYRANT FLYCATCHER
Britannica English vocabulary
TYRANNULET — any of about 50 species of birds in the tyrant flycatcher family, Tyrannidae (order Passeriformes). They are distinguished from other …
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SPADEBILL — any of six species of New World flycatchers (family Tyrannidae, order Passeriformes) whose triangular bill is very broad and flat. …
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SHARPBILL — (Oxyruncus cristatus), bird of rain forests in scattered localities from Costa Rica southward to Paraguay. It is usually considered the …
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PHOEBE — any of three species of New World birds of the family Tyrannidae (order Passeriformes). In North America the best-known species …
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PEWEE — also spelled Peewee, any of eight species of birds of the genus Contopus (family Tyrannidae); it is named for its …
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MANAKIN — ( subfamilyPiprinae ) the common name given to about 50 to 60 species of small, stubby, generally short-tailed birds abundant …
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KISKADEE — (genus Pitangus), either of two similar New World bird species of flycatchers (family Tyrannidae, order Passeriformes), named for the call …
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KINGBIRD — any of 13 species of birds of the genus Tyrannus (family Tyrannidae) noted for their pugnacity. Although only about 20 …
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FLYCATCHER — any of a number of perching birds (order Passeriformes) that dart out to capture insects on the wing, particularly members …
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FLATBILL — any of six species of Central and South American birds belonging to the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae (order Passeriformes). Flatbills, …
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