kingfisher
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kingfisher (1.1)
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English
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Alternative forms
- king's fisher (obsolete)
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
kingfisher (plural kingfishers)
- Any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines (or the family Alcedinidae sensu lato), having a large head, short tail and brilliant colouration; they feed mostly on fish.
Derived terms
- banded kingfisher (Lacedo pulchella)
- beach kingfisher (Todiramphus saurophagus)
- belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
- blue-banded kingfisher (Alcedo euryzona)
- blue-eared kingfisher (Alcedo meninting)
- brown kingfisher
- common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
- dwarf kingfisher (Ispidina lecontei)
- Eurasian kingfisher/European kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
- giant kingfisher
- great brown kingfisher
- jackass kingfisher
- kingfisher daisy (Felicia bergeriana)
- Leach's kingfisher
- moustached kingfisher
- paradise kingfisher (Tanysiptera spp.)
- pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis)
- ringed kingfisher
- river kingfisher (Alcedinidae, especially, Alcedo atthis)
- sacred kingfisher
- tree kingfisher (Halcyoninae)
- water kingfisher (Cerylinae)
- white-throated kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)
Translations
any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
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See also
References
kingfisher on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
