| Noun | 1. | true flycatcher - any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wingoscine, oscine bird - passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus family Muscicapidae, Muscicapidae - Old World (true) flycatchers Muscicapa grisola, Muscicapa striata, spotted flycatcher - common European woodland flycatcher with greyish-brown plumage |