Muscicapa

Muscicapa
noun
type genus of the Muscicapidae
• Syn: ↑genus Muscicapa
• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Muscicapidae, ↑family Muscicapidae

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\\məˈsikəpə\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from musci- (I) + -capa (from Latin capere to take, seize) — more at heave
: a genus of flycatchers including the common European spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa striata syn. M. grisola) and being the type of the family Muscicapidae — compare sylviidae

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