gnatcatcher

gnatcatcher [nat-kach-er] ExamplesWord Origin noun

1. any tiny insect-eating, New World warbler of the genus Polioptila, having a long, mobile tail and a slender bill.

Origin of gnatcatcher First recorded in 1835–45; gnat + catcher Examples from the Web for gnatcatcher Historical Examples of gnatcatcher

The white-eyed vireo (Vireo griseus), gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea), and tufted titmouse, frequent the oak thickets.

The Forest Habitat of the University of Kansas Natural History Reservation

Henry S. Fitch

Gnatcatcher will take the land where the mesquite grows; you will have the overflow land.

Seven Mohave Myths

A. L. Kroeber

In color, form, proportions and voice, the Gnatcatcher may properly be called ‘dainty.’

What Bird is That?

Frank M. Chapman

Perhaps a difference of opinion had arisen on architectural points, and Mrs. Gnatcatcher had taken matters into her own hands.

A-Birding on a Bronco

Florence A. Merriam

British Dictionary definitions for gnatcatcher gnatcatcher noun

1. any of various small American songbirds of the genus Polioptila and related genera, typically having a long tail and a pale bluish-grey plumage: family Muscicapidae (Old World flycatchers, etc)