least flycatcher
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of least flycatcher
An Americanism dating back to 1870–75
Example Sentences
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The least flycatcher, the kingbird, the cedar-bird, the goldfinch, the indigo-bird, are all fine nest-builders, each with a style of its own.
From Under the Maples by John Burroughs
Ask him about a few of the commonest,—the least flycatcher and the oven-bird, or the golden warbler and the Maryland yellow-throat.
From The Foot-path Way by Bradford Torrey
Of the flycatchers, I have noted the kingbird, the least flycatcher, and the phœbe.
From Birds in the Bush by Bradford Torrey
The least flycatcher, called minimus by the scientists, well deserves his name, for of all those members of his family which make their home with us, he is the smallest.
From The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year by William Beebe
The least flycatcher has another name which at once distinguishes him—chebec’.
From The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year by William Beebe
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