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flycatcher

/ˈflaɪˌkætʃər/ /ˈflaɪˌkætʃɚ/

Meanings

noun

Gobemouche

Any of many kinds of birds, of the families Muscicapidae (in Europe and Asia) and Tyrannidae (in the Americas), that catch insects in flight.

Examples :

Le gobe-mouche était perché sur la branche, bondissant soudainement pour attraper un moustique en plein vol.