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flycatcher

/ˈflaɪˌkætʃər/ /ˈflaɪˌkætʃɚ/

Meanings

noun

捕蝇鸟,食虫鸟。

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 :

那只捕蝇鸟栖息在树枝上,突然猛冲出去,从空中捕食了一只蚊子。