king·bird (k ng bûrd )n. Any of various American flycatchers of the genus Tyrannus, especially T. tyrannus. |
kingbird [ˈkɪŋˌbɜːd]
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of several large American flycatchers of the genus Tyrannus, esp T. tyrannus (eastern kingbird or bee martin)
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| Noun | 1. |  kingbird - large American flycatcher New World flycatcher, tyrant bird, tyrant flycatcher, flycatcher - large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing genus Tyrannus, Tyrannus - type genus of the Tyrannidae: tyrant flycatchers Arkansas kingbird, western kingbird - a kingbird seen in western United States; head and back are pale grey and the breast is yellowish and the tail is black Cassin's kingbird, Tyrannus vociferans - a kingbird seen in the southwestern United States; largely grey with a yellow abdomen eastern kingbird - a kingbird that breeds in North America and winters in tropical America; distinguished by a white band on the tip of the tail gray kingbird, grey kingbird, petchary, Tyrannus domenicensis domenicensis - a kingbird that breeds in the southeastern United States and winters in tropical America; similar to but larger than the eastern kingbird |
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