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gnatcatchers

gnatcatchers is the plural of gnatcatcher.

Meaning of gnatcatcher

Noun

gnatcatcher (plural gnatcatchers)

  1. A member of any of various species of small passerine birds in the family Polioptilidae found in North America and South America, close relatives of the wrens.
    • Perhaps you'll witness a California gnatcatcher dining on gnats (of course!) or a cactus wren singing on a prickly pear pad.2026, Lynette Brasfield, Mountains to Sea Trail (In the Irvine Standard), page 10

Questions about gnatcatchers

What is gnatcatchers the plural of?
Gnatcatchers is the plural of gnatcatcher.

Words near gnatcatchers in the dictionary

  1. gnat-strain
  2. gnat-strainer
  3. gnat-strainers
  4. gnat-straining
  5. gnatcatcher
  6. gnatcatchers
  7. gnateater
  8. gnateaters
  9. gnath-
  10. gnathal
  11. gnathalgia

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