gnatcatcher

gnat·catch·er

noun

Any of several tiny birds of the genus Polioptila, found throughout the Americas and having a long tail and a slender bill.

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Noun

(plural gnatcatchers)

A member of any of various species of small passerine birds in the Polioptilidae family found in North America and South America, close relatives of the wrens.

Origin

gnat +"Ž catcher

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