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tyrant flycatcher

tyrant flycatcher noun: any of a group of passerine birds, of family Tyrannidae, that inhabit the Americas.

tyrant flycatcher: any of a group of passerine birds, of family Tyrannidae, that inhabit the Americas
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Noun

tyrant flycatcher (plural tyrant flycatchers)

  1. Any of a group of passerine birds, of family Tyrannidae, that inhabit the Americas.
    • In most parts of tropical America we may always find some species of woodpecker[,] tanager, bush-shrike, chatterer, trogon, toucan, cuckoo, and tyrant-flycatcher; and a few days' active search will produce more variety than can be here met with in as many months.1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 64

tyrant flycatcher meaning in Tamil

tyrant flycatcher in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும்

Forms of tyrant flycatcher

pluraltyrant flycatchers

Origin of tyrant flycatcher

The English name corresponds to translingual Tyrannidae, the taxonomic name. Tyrant flycatchers are so named because of the aggressive behavior of kingbirds (of genus Tyrannus, the type genus of the Tyrannidae) when defending their breeding territory.

Questions about tyrant flycatcher

What does tyrant flycatcher mean?
Tyrant flycatcher means any of a group of passerine birds, of family Tyrannidae, that inhabit the Americas.
What is tyrant flycatcher in Tamil?
Tyrant flycatcher in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும். See Tyrant flycatcher meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tyrant flycatcher?
Tyrant flycatcher is a noun.
What is the plural of tyrant flycatcher?
The plural of tyrant flycatcher is tyrant flycatchers.

Words near tyrant flycatcher in the dictionary

  1. tyranny
  2. tyranny of the majority
  3. tyranny of the masses
  4. tyrans
  5. tyrant
  6. tyrant flycatcher
  7. tyrant flycatchers
  8. tyrant-flycatcher
  9. tyrant-flycatchers
  10. tyrant-manakin
  11. tyrant-manakins

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