king·bird
(kĭng′bûrd′)n.
Any of various flycatchers of the genus Tyrannus found throughout the Americas, especially T. tyrannus.
[From their habit of aggressively defending their territories by chasing away other birds.]
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kingbird
(ˈkɪŋˌbɜːd)n
(Animals) any of several large American flycatchers of the genus Tyrannus, esp T. tyrannus (eastern kingbird or bee martin)
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king•bird
(ˈkɪŋˌbɜrd)n.
any of several large, pugnacious New World flycatchers of the genus Tyrannus.
[1770–80, Amer.]
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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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