flycatcher

noun

1. Any of many kinds of birds of the family Muscicapidae, of Africa, Europe, and Asia, that catch insects in flight; an Old World flycatcher.
2. Any of many kinds of similar birds of various families, such as Tyrannidae (the New World flycatchers of the Americas), Tityridae, Stenostiridae, Monarchidae, Petroicidae, etc.
3. A device for catching flies.

   “Stewart appeared anxious to get all information in connection with a fly-catcher on the counter.”

   “He has a patent revolving fly-catcher on the counter.”

   “The flies worried me when I was writing the other day. I put up a vampire flycatcher on my desk. One stuck to it, and I watched it struggling.”

   “A flycatcher, one of the sticky sort you pull out of a cylinder, will keep safes and cupboards free from ants.”