English noun: tyrant bird |
1. | tyrant bird (animal) large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing |
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| Synonyms | flycatcher, New World flycatcher, tyrant flycatcher |
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| Broader (hypernym) | tyrannid |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | chatterer, Contopus virens, cotinga, firebird, kingbird, Muscivora-forficata, peewee, peewit, pewee, pewit, phoebe, phoebe bird, Pyrocephalus rubinus mexicanus, Sayornis phoebe, scissortail, scissortailed flycatcher, Tyrannus tyrannus, vermillion flycatcher, wood pewee |
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| Member meronym | superfamily Tyrannidae, Tyrannidae |
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