kingfisher
See also: Kingfisher
English
Alternative forms
- king's fisher (obsolete)
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file)
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 (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- beach kingfisher (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- belted kingfisher (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
- dwarf kingfisher (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Eurasian kingfisher/European kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
- kingfisher daisy(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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- pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis)
- river kingfisher (Alcedinidae, esp., Alcedo atthis)
- tree kingfisher (Halcyoninae)
- water kingfisher (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- 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