any of several aggressive tyrant flycatchers (genus Tyrannus) of the U.S. and Canada
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kingbird
noun
Any of various flycatchers of the genus Tyrannus found throughout the Americas, especially T. tyrannus.
Origin of kingbird
From their habit of aggressively defending their territories by chasing away other birdsTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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