Acadian flycatcher

noun

: a small North American flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) that is olive-green above and whitish below and tinged with yellow on the belly and sides

Word History

First Known Use

1862, in the meaning defined above

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Rhymes for Acadian flycatcher

• catcher
• hatcher
• matcher
• stature
• dispatcher