Fly Catching Bird With A Name Derived From Greek

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Updated: September 27, 2025

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noun • small dun-colored North American flycatcher • the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one • (Greek mythology) a Titaness who became identified with Artemis as goddess of the Moon
	35%	7		Fly family including the face fly and horn fly
noun • Any fly of the family Muscidae of insects.
	33%	5		Children's author who wrote "A fly can't bird, but a bird can fly"
noun • English writer of stories for children (1882-1956)

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