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least flycatcher

noun

  1. a small flycatcher, Empidonax minimus, of eastern North America.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of least flycatcher1

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75
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Example Sentences

Very common flycatchers are the Arcadian Flycatcher, the Wood Peewee and the Least Flycatcher: the latter being called the Least Flycatcher on account of its being the smallest in size.

She and the plaintive wood pewee, who has two indistinct whitish bars across her extra-long wings, are scarcely larger than an English sparrow; while the least flycatcher, who calls himself Chebec, is, as you may suppose, the smallest member of the tribe to leave the tropics and spend the summer with us.

Unlike the "tuft of hay" to which the Acadian flycatcher's nest has been likened, the least flycatcher's home is a neat, substantial cup-shaped cradle softly lined with down or horsehair, and placed generally in an upright crotch of a tree, well above the ground.

The group engaged in a complicated birds-eye view of the forest, seeking to understand how four key songbirds—the black-throated green warbler, eastern wood-pewee, least flycatcher and rose-breasted grosbeak—dealt with neighborhood upheaval.

From US News

It was a least flycatcher, and her undoing was her acceptance of nesting material, which her human friend, the oft-mentioned local bird-lover, supplied.

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