least flycatcher
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of least flycatcher
An Americanism dating back to 1870–75
Example Sentences
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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 Torrey, Bradford
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 Beebe, William
The flycatchers are well represented in the Park, there being no fewer than five species; the least flycatcher, wood pewee, phœbe, crested flycatcher, and kingbird.
From The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year by Beebe, William
It was a least flycatcher, and her undoing was her acceptance of nesting material, which her human friend, the oft-mentioned local bird-lover, supplied.
From Upon The Tree-Tops by Miller, Olive Thorne
A least flycatcher flitted about in the copse some distance up a shallow runway.
From Birds of the Rockies by Keyser, Leander S. (Leander Sylvester)
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