Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for FLY-CATCH-ER
FLY-CATCH-ER, n.
- One that hunts flies.
- In zoology, a genus of birds, the Muscicapa, with a bill flatted at the base, almost triangular, notched at the upper mandible, and beset with bristles. These birds are of the order of Passers, and the species are very numerous. – Encyc.
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