gnatcatcher

gnat·catch·er

noun \ˈnat-ˌka-chər, -ˌke-\

Definition of GNATCATCHER

: any of a genus (Polioptila) of several small North and South American insectivorous oscine birds

First Known Use of GNATCATCHER

1839

Rhymes with GNATCATCHER

cowcatcher, dispatcher, dogcatcher, dream catcher, eye-catcher, flycatcher, head-scratcher

gnatcatcher

noun    (Concise Encyclopedia)

Blue-gray gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)—Karl H. Maslowski

Any of about 15 species of small songbirds (genus Polioptila, family Polioptilidae). The blue-gray gnatcatcher, 4.5 in. (11 cm) long, with its long white-edged tail, looks like a tiny mockingbird. It breeds locally from eastern Canada and California to The Bahamas and Guatemala and winters from the southern U.S. southward. The black-tailed gnatcatcher lives in the deserts of the southwestern U.S.; the other species are found in Central and South America and Cuba.