Meanings
noungnatcatcher (plural gnatcatchers)
plural gnatcatchers
- A member of any of various species of small passerine birds in the family Polioptilidae found in North America and South America, close relatives of the wrens.
Perhaps you'll witness a California gnatcatcher dining on gnats (of course!) or a cactus wren singing on a prickly pear pad.
2026, Lynette Brasfield, Mountains to Sea Trail (In the Irvine Standard), page 10
Origin
Translations
Catalan agafamosquits
- agafamosquitsbird in the family Polioptilidae
Finnish sääskikerttu
- sääskikerttubird in the family Polioptilidae
German Mückenfänger
- Mückenfängerbird in the family Polioptilidae
Korean 모기잡이
- 모기잡이 (mogijabi)bird in the family Polioptilidae
Russian комароло́в, комароло́вка
- комароло́в (komarolóv)bird in the family Polioptilidae
- комароло́вка (komarolóvka)bird in the family Polioptilidae
Spanish tacuarita
- tacuaritabird in the family Polioptilidae
Swedish myggsnappare
- myggsnapparebird in the family Polioptilidae
Cite this entry
APA
gnatcatcher. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gnatcatcher
MLA
“gnatcatcher.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gnatcatcher. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gnatcatcher,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gnatcatcher.
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