||Pha*i`no*pep"la (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; shining + &?; robe.] (Zoöl.) A small crested passerine bird (Phaïnopepla nitens), native of Mexico and the Southern United States. The adult male is of a uniform glossy blue-black; the female is brownish. Called also black flycatcher.