# least flycatcher

> English word · Noun · IPA /liːst flaɪˈkætʃ.ə(ɹ)/

## Definitions
1. A small insect-eating passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family, and the smallest member of the genus Empidonax, native to North America.

## Etymology
From least + flycatcher, from the fact that it is the smallest member of its genus.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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